Amazon Unveils Alexa+: A Smarter, AI-Powered Voice Assistant

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Tired of Killing Your Potted Plants? Here's How NFC Tags Can Help After more than ten years, Alexa is finally getting a much-needed upgrade. Alexa+ promises to make Alexa much smarter, thanks to the power of AI. However, even with Alexa getting smarter, there are many issues with the original that

Amazon's generative AI vision for Alexa is appealing, but unproven

Amazon's long-awaited update to its assistant is almost here. About 18 months after the company first built with generative AI, it unveiled Alexa+, and early access will be available starting in March. Alexa+ will exist alongside the older Alexa and will cost $20 a month, unless you have a Prime

I saw Alexa+ in action. Here are my 8 biggest takeaways

The new AI-supercharged Alexa is finally coming to an Echo display near you. Here's what looks most promising -- and problematic. After more than a year out of sight, Alexa+-the new Alexa with its AI-powered revamp-took center stage at a crowded coming-out party in New York City on Wednesday, and

Up close with Alexa Plus - this may finally be the Echo upgrade I've been waiting for

I don't want to overstate things but, between us, Alexa Plus may be the Alexa you've been waiting for. Amazon unveiled its massive digital assistant overhaul, which makes the platform smarter, more conversational, more personal, proactive, and a true doer. I might've considered this all a bit of

Alexa Plus explained: 9 things you need to know about Amazon's new AI-powered assistant

So, it's finally here - just over 11 years since Amazon's Alexa voice assistant sparked a new (and eventually underwhelming) age of voice assistants, it's just been given a major AI brain transplant. The new Alexa Plus is rolling out soon in the US, with international availability still unknown.

All your burning Alexa+ questions answered - by one of the people who built it

Daniel Rausch, Amazon VP Alexa & Echo at the Alexa+ unveiling. (Image credit: Future / Lance Ulanoff) Alexa just went from being a somewhat ordinary, if trusted, digital assistant to a powerful enigma. Alexa+ replaces the plodding of the original with conversational intelligence, proactivity, and

Amazon's subscription-based Alexa+ looks highly capable -- and questionable

NEW YORK -- After teasing it in September 2023 and reportedly suffering delays, Amazon today announced that its more capable and conversational version of Alexa will start rolling out to US Prime members for free in the next few weeks. Those who aren't Prime subscribers will be able to get Alexa+

Amazon launches Alexa+, an AI-powered rebirth of its digital assistant

Table of Contents Table of Contents How can I access Alexa+? What's new with the Alexa+ assistant? A companion for everyone, and everything Going far deeper than Alexa ever could Amazon is finally pushing ahead into a new era of digital assistants with Alexa+, a next-gen version of Alexa that is

7 genuinely useful Alexa Plus features that might make it my go-to AI assistant

Amazon has unveiled its new AI voice assistant. Welcome, Alexa Plus. (Image credit: Future) It's finally here; Alexa Plus has a name, an imminent rollout schedule, and a price tag of $19.99 (or free as part of an Amazon Prime membership.) Sure, we don't have any information on an international

Amazon Alexa Plus ... your money and data? There's one big question Amazon hasn't answered

There's one major shift in the way Amazon is approaching its next-gen Alexa, and it's got nothing to do with AI After more than a year of waiting, Amazon finally unveiled on Wednesday in New York City its next-generation Alexa voice assistant. It centers around large language models (LLMs) like

Alexa gets smarter: Amazon turns command-taker into plan-maker with Alexa+ launch

Checking your privacy settings on your speaker gives you more control over the device. With a fresh infusion of personality, smarts and expertise, a new Alexa -- officially, Alexa+ -- is about to transform Amazon's smart home control center from simple command-taker to a perky and pleasant

Amazon's new AI-powered Alexa+ is a lot more fun to talk to than ChatGPT or Siri, and I like it

Now we know that an AI-powered Alexa+ is coming to your Amazon device very soon (assuming you live in the US of course - international release dates are still to be confirmed), we can welcome Amazon back to the virtual assistant race with open arms. Alexa, where have you been? Despite leading the

A smarter Alexa? Sign me up

Table of Contents Table of Contents From gimmick to magic Not keeping up An actually intelligent assistant To say that folks have misgivings about AI is probably an understatement. From long-term fears over what the technology might do as it acquires more power and more capability, to the

Alexa+: 5 things that impressed me, and 2 that didn't | Stuff

I'm at the Alexa+ launch in New York, where Amazon has just pulled back the curtain on its next-generation AI assistant. It's an event I was very much looking forward to, because for years, voice assistants have been useful but limited, often feeling more like voice-controlled search engines than