The HTC U11 is the first phone to offer the ability to invoke Amazon's Alexa smart assistant voice assistant without the need to manually open the Alexa app. Users can just say "Alexa" at any time. We test the phone out, with mixed results, on this episode of Geared Up. Plus, the status of the impending new iPhone and we geek out over the newly announced Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge amusement park. Follow all our tech coverage at GeekWire.com and subscribe to our live behind-the-scenes videos on GearLive, youtube.com/gearlive

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