AT&T just announced that beginning tomorrow, its mobile customers will be able to compose and send text messages using Amazon’s Alexa assistant. So if you’ve got an Echo, Echo Tap, or Echo Dot somewhere in the house, you can ask Alexa to “have AT&T text” a contact’s name (Alexa can store up to 10), followed by your message. You’ve got to take that first step of adding people to the skill before Alexa can do anything; you can’t just call out the name of anyone in your contact list, for example.

AT&T claims it’s the first carrier to offer an Alexa skill for SMS, and naturally the company sees it being most useful “if you’re in a hurry or busy with your hands.” The website with all the specifics on this feature isn’t live yet, so it’s not…

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