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Advantage, Alexa – Apple's smart home hub reportedly 'postponed' due to Siri slowdown

By Alex Blake Published

Apple’s smart home hub with AI-powered Siri has been delayed, a new report claims – and that could leave the door wide open to Amazon's Alexa+ in 2025.

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

By Graham Barlow Published

Alexa+ is the new AI-powered Alexa, and it shows you can add personality to AI.

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Alexa+ – Here’s how to sign up for early access

By Jacob Krol Published

Amazon's now letting customers in the United States sign up for early access to Alexa+. Here's how to do just that and the Echo Show device you'll need to be eligible.

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Amazon's Panos Panay at the Feb 26 Amazon Event with an Echo Show 21
Amazon's goal is to put an Echo screen in everyone’s house

By Jacob Krol Published

Even though much of the focus at Amazon's Feb. 26 event was on Alexa+, the Echo Show was front and center pushing the idea that you'll want a smart screen in your house.

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Amazon Alexa event as it happened - Alexa+ subscription service officially announced with ample AI features

By Josephine Watson last updated

Amazon has sent out Alexa-themed invites for the February 26 event. Read our beat-by-beat breakdown of the event as we react to the news.

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Alexa Plus subscription pricing confirmed – and it's good news for Prime members

By Mark Wilson Published

Amazon has announced the pricing for its new Alexa Plus voice assistant – and it could make a Prime subscription a no-brainer.

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Amazon Devices Event September 20 2023
Here's everything Amazon promised back when it teased the future conversational Alexa AI

By Jacob Krol Published

More intuitive, intelligent, and useful

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If Alexa 2.0 doesn’t fix these 5 problems, I might be done with my Amazon Echo devices

By Josephine Watson Published

Alexa is about to get a huge update and that might have consequences for all the original Echos.

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I love my 10-year-old Echo and am terrified Amazon's new Alexa is gonna brick it

By Lance Ulanoff Published

Alexa is about to get a huge update and that might have consequences for all the original Echos.

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Alexa’s big AI revamp might have been delayed again, and I’m losing faith Amazon's new assistant will be all that smart

By Hamish Hector Published

Alexa’s big AI revamp may have just been delayed, again – and it sounds like Amazon’s assistant is getting dumber rather than smarter.

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