We ’ve been waitinga prospicient timeto see what Amazon was doing with its digital help . Alexa+ got all the ostentation today at anAmazon event . SVP of gadget and services Panos Panay , formerly of Microsoft , debuted the next - generation version of the shopping whale ’s AI bot . Amazon hop-skip you ’ll prefer Alexa+ over the other digital assistant in your home .
Alexa+ promises all sorting of new interactions , many of which might seem like repeat offerings if you ’ve already been survive with this poppycock in your home . After mention the wake word , you may discourse with Alexa+ as you would with a protagonist , take about the weather and then going into a conversation about what ’s on the docket for the daylight . You could even ask it something contextual , like whether it saw any animals creep by on theRing security camerasin the midriff of the night . It ’s all contingent on what you programme into it beforehand , but the possibility subsist , and the company wants you to think of your shopping app to interact with first before you go to the hunting heavyweight . Amazon also showed off Alexa helping you get tickets to a show and bring the ratings on local businesses .
Alexa+ still function like before . It can turn the light on and off , create routines on your behalf , and play music and other media . you may even inquire it to aid you call back a Song dynasty based on bits and pieces of it . Then , when it ’s run time , Amazon showed Alexa ’s ability to scan and understand handwritten grocery lists and didactics manuals .
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Amazon is attempting to head you away from its competition , namely Google . We ’ve been wait for this major rebrand since late 2023 when Amazon teased us that something new was coming . But nothing come for a while , and since then , Google has launch more iteration of its Gemini AI , though it ’s still make out the rick in its product . Apple has gone full in on Apple Intelligence , which has helped supercharge Siri , as it seemed lackluster compared to Alexa and Google .
Here ’s the thing about all this new stuff : While it will work with most of the Amazon gadget that are out now — namely the Echo Show 8 , 10 , 15 , and the whopping Echo Show 21 , which is a 21 - inch screen meant for the partake in space in your home — it will cost you . Alexa+ cost $ 20 / month . It ’s spare for Amazon Prime member , so you should be cover if you already get all your shopping and entertainment through Amazon . But an Alexa that can do this much will be you one way or another .
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