Choosing the perfect Mother’s Day gift is no longer just about flowers or jewelry—it’s about making everyday life easier. Smart home technology can do exactly that. But before buying devices, there’s one critical decision: which ecosystem to build ...

New Alexa+ features let you type or chat instead of just talking. It’s part of Amazon’s push to make Alexa a full-fledged AI helper across devices Amazon just took a bold step in the evolution of its digital assistant Alexa. The company unveiled ...

A year in, Alexa Plus is the best smart home assistant I’ve tested: It’s easy to talk to, handles routines and multistep commands, and helps in the kitchen. But Amazon’s attempts to stretch it into a personal assistant are underbaked and frustrating, and the ads on the Echo Show smart displays are out of control.

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

You no longer need an Amazon device to summon Alexa since the AI assistant will be available on the Alexa.com website. Amazon will roll out the web client to its Alexa+ Early Access customers first, still featuring the company's new and improved AI ...

Amazon has just announced a wave of new upgrades for the Alexa Plus AI assistant, though they won’t be available right away.