Alexa is getting even smarter and can now proactively control your smart home devices based on your previous requests and behavior. The Alexa Hunches feature, which was introduced in the United States in 2018, offers suggestions for your smart home devices. For example, if you said "Good night" to Alexa and a smart light was still on, Alexa would offer to turn it off for you. However, you need to confirm that Alexa can perform the action before it happens, either by responding to your audible feedback or by tapping the notification that appears on your smartphone. Now, Amazon is rolling out the ability to make these actions automatic, reducing the number of interactions you need to perform on a daily basis with Amazon's voice assistant. Hunches will work with a number of smart home devices, including smart lights, smart locks, and even smart thermostats. Alexa's hunches are different from routines, which are automations programmed by the user to occur at a certain time or when a certain phrase is spoken. Hunches are automations based on assumptions from Alexa instead of having to create routines in advance.