Amazon is no longer content with Alexa as a polite voice in the corner of the living room. It is rebuilding the assistant as a generative AI system that remembers what people tell it, follows them ...

Alexa+ is now available in the U.K., with careful localization. Amazon’s Panos Panay explains why the generative AI upgrade is ready for British homes.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prakhar Khanna covers the consumer tech beat for Forbes. Alexa is getting a generative AI makeover, and it could be the biggest, ...

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, ...

From writing code to testing the new Alexa+, Amazon engineers used generative AI throughout the build process. We talk to Amazon's Daniel Rausch about the next version of the voice assistant. How did ...

But unlike before, when Alexa was offered for free on any Alexa-enabled devices, customers will have to pay Amazon a monthly fee of $19.99 for the revamped voice assistant, which it calls “Alexa+”.

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, ...

The initiative comes at a time when large technology firms are racing to integrate advanced AI into consumer devices, ...

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 ...

Amazon Alexa is perfect for hands-free assists in many scenarios, but alongside a cursory Google search, these features can ...