‘Alexa, play Harry Styles, set a route for the coffee shop, order me a latte, set a reminder for my lunch meeting, and, oh! Look at that cute squirrel.’
It was only a matter of time. On July 7, Sena Technology introduced the world’s first bike helmet featuring intelligent cloud-based AI. The R2X road helmet lets wearers tell Alexa, well, whatever they want.
“Speak to Alexa through the R2X to play your favorite music, hear the news, check the weather, or even control your smart home devices,” Sena said in a statement. “[A]nd more,” of course.

All you have to do to cue up Alexa while wearing the R2X is ask — just make sure you bring your phone along with the app installed.
The helmet itself uses speakers mounted just above the wearer’s ears. The microphone is right above the forehead. With it, R2X wearers can ask Alexa to do their miscellaneous bidding and communicate with anyone else in their group wearing the same helmet.

Sena’s Mesh Intercom allows riders to communicate with any other Mesh user within a half-mile range. Multi-channel Open Mesh offers nine channels, so users can organize themselves and switch between groups on different frequencies. Touching a button triggers the hands-free Mesh connection.
‘Alexa, Accept My Opinion’
GearJunkie’s resident crusty cyclist has used intercoms beneficially. He offered this hot take on the Sena R2X’s Alexa capabilities.
“Back in the flip phone era, a dude on our group ride took out four others answering his damn phone,” squalled Seiji Ishii, former domestique and resident cycling expert. “‘Hey, Alexa (while spinning in a large group doing 33 mph), please order Malbec and scented candles. Ship Priority First, because I’m slaying this ride and will crush at least five Strava KOMs, so dates will be flocking.'”
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