Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required

Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically upgrading ...

Homey Pro: the universal translator for your smart home

Fi. Bluetooth. 433MHz. Infrared. Apple Home. Alexa. Google Home. If your supposedly “smart” home has gradually become a ...
Forbes

Alexa Is About To Get Smarter

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Amazon has announced a significant AI update for Alexa Plus, designed to boost its ...
Variety

Amazon’s Alexa+ Now Produces AI-Generated ‘Podcasts’ Featuring Chats Between Two Robot ‘Co-Hosts’

The podcast sector suddenly may have a big new player: Amazon‘s Alexa+ AI-powered voice assistant. Alexa has been answering billions of users’ queries since it was first released in 2014. Now Amazon ...
CNET

Alexa Replaces Rufus as Amazon’s AI Shopping Assistant

Rufus has gone to the kennel. Amazon is replacing its e-commerce AI assistant with Alexa for Shopping, which will be available to all US customers within a week. The new feature will be available to ...
adweek

Amazon’s Alexa Is Powering a New Era of AI Shopping, and It’s Poised To Shake Up Ecommerce Advertising

Amazon is replacing its AI assistant Rufus with a souped-up version powered by Alexa. Amazon is rolling out Alexa for Shopping in the U.S., an agentic AI assistant that combines the standalone AI ...
BGR

15 Essential Tips And Tricks For Amazon Alexa Users

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 ...
Ars Technica

Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file

The entire source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code command line interface application (not the models themselves) has been leaked and disseminated, apparently due ...
The Verge

Amazon is making an Alexa phone

Code-named ‘Transformer,’ the phone will reportedly center on Amazon’s AI assistant and take inspiration from the Light Phone. Code-named ‘Transformer,’ the phone will reportedly center on Amazon’s AI ...
New York Post

Amazon customers hate Alexa’s new, adults-only ‘Sassy’ voice that curses and roasts you: ‘Unplug’

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 ...
GeekWire

Pick Alexa’s personality: Amazon lets users choose ‘Brief,’ ‘Chill,’ or ‘Sweet’ conversation styles

Alexa responds with “All systems operational” in the new Brief personality mode on an Echo Show. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Tired of Alexa’s constant chatter? Wish Amazon’s voice assistant would ...
USA Today

Is your Alexa different? Recent upgrade brings new voices, features

Amazon Alexa owners might have noticed a new trait from their computer companion: an updated voice. Amazon Prime subscribers with Alexa virtual assistants are slowly seeing their devices update with ...