Next time an Amazon package hits your front step, don’t just shout thanks through the door or at the van driving off down your street — use Alexa. For a limited time, you’ll be spurring Amazon to also tip that driver $5.
The company announced this week that it’s bringing back a holiday promotion in which customers can show their appreciation for delivery drivers with the “Alexa, thank my driver” feature. U.S. customers can use an Alexa-enabled device (Echo, Echo Show), the Alexa app, on Amazon.com or in the Amazon mobile shopping app.
First rolled out during the 2022 holidays, the promotion works by sending a thank you to the driver who completed a customer’s most-recent delivery. The first two million thank yous will also send $5 to the driver, at no cost to the customer.
Last year, Amazon said that the feature exceeded company expectations. Since then, customers have thanked their delivery drivers over 22 million times. Drivers may not get a tip year round, but they are able to see the number of times they are thanked within their app.
