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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Debuted in 2014, Alexa has become one of the most popular voice assistants available today. Millions of people use Alexa every day, but most ...

Alexa just got a little more… mouthy. Amazon announced this week that its revamped AI assistant Alexa+ is getting a brand-new personality — and this one isn’t exactly sugar and spice. The company is ...

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The new “Send to Alexa” feature lets you send Kindle Scribe notebooks to your Echo device with just a couple of taps. I took the new feature for a spin, and it does work. Alexa+ did a good job ...

For years, Alexa mostly stayed in one place. It lived on kitchen counters, nightstands or living room shelves. That setup worked for music and timers, but it also limited when and how people could ...

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, ...

Hey Alexa, get out of my house. Alexa users were flabbergasted after Amazon’s AI-powered assistant’s voice automatically changed sans their permission — with many comparing it to an overly talkative ...

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Amazon’s new Alexa.com portal brings the AI-powered Alexa+ assistant to the desktop browser. Amazon is quietly rolling out the last big pillar of its AI-powered Alexa+ vision: the Alexa.com website, ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When Amazon's latest Echo speakers arrived in October, a feature the company spent time hyping during its fall devices event was missing.