Amazon is making the case that conversational and agentic shopping aren’t future concepts — they’re already reshaping how consumers discover, compare and buy products. As AI assistants become shopping ...

This is a major milestone in Amazon’s effort to reinvent Alexa for the age of large language models. Amazon is making its generative AI-powered Alexa+ assistant available to everyone in the U.S., ...

Amazon’s voice assistant is hanging on by a thread. And that thread is generative AI—or, in Amazon’s case, Alexa+. Amazon hasn’t had a problem getting people to buy cheap, Alexa-powered gadgets.

Amazon doesn’t just want Alexa to know you. It wants her to remember things about you, like a close friend or family member would. That’s the driving philosophy behind the vision for Alexa’s future, ...

A flyer for the Ballard Makers Market & Bar Hop, spotted on a Seattle street pole — an example of the real-world data I’ve been feeding into Amazon’s Alexa+ assistant. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) ...

Anyone can now try Alexa+, Amazon’s generative AI assistant, through a free early access program at Alexa.com. The website frees the AI, which Amazon released via early access in February, from ...

In brief: After revealing the all-new version of Alexa, called Alexa+, back in January, Amazon started rolling out an early access program for the generative AI-driven digital assistant to select ...

Today in at an event in New York, Amazon announced new Kindle e-readers, Fire TV televisions and streaming sticks, Echo speakers, Ring and Blink cameras and lots of Alexa and AI services. We’ve ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amazon Alexa continues to be one of the most mature and widely supported smart home platforms in 2026. Since it was launched back in 2014, the ...