Alexa

Amazon Alexa, known simply as Alexa, is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon, first used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot smart speakers developed by Amazon Lab126. Alexa is a cloud-based voice service that allows users to add products to a wish list, re-order items, check order status, and more - using just their voice.

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Amazon Says Rufus Gives It an Edge in Agentic Commerce Race

Amazon Says Rufus Gives It an Edge in Agentic Commerce Race
Amazon Says Rufus Gives It an Edge in Agentic Commerce Race
April 29, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon’s first-quarter earnings call sounded less like a retail update than a briefing on the next phase of cloud computing. The overwhelming majority of the...

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Amazon’s Alexa+ Adds Conversational Uber Eats and Grubhub Ordering
Amazon’s Alexa+ Adds Conversational Uber Eats and Grubhub Ordering
April 05, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon says it has given Alexa+ users new ways to order food from Uber Eats and Grubhub. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Amazon Chooses UK for Alexa+ European Debut
Amazon Chooses UK for Alexa+ European Debut
March 19, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon has brought Alexa+ to the U.K., the first European country to receive the AI voice assistant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Amazon Starts Nationwide Rollout of Alexa+ One Year After Soft Launch
Amazon Starts Nationwide Rollout of Alexa+ One Year After Soft Launch
February 04, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon is broadening the role of artificial intelligence (AI) across its business, rolling out a new generation of Alexa, exploring deeper access to OpenAI’s models...

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Big Tech Pivots to AI Infrastructure, Commercial Deployment and Drug Discovery
Big Tech Pivots to AI Infrastructure, Commercial Deployment and Drug Discovery
January 14, 2026  |  Big Tech

Big Tech companies moved this week to solidify their control over the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, launching initiatives that range from massive data-center expansions to...

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Amazon Comes After Siri With Alexa+ Web and Mobile Browser
Amazon Comes After Siri With Alexa+ Web and Mobile Browser
January 05, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon advanced Alexa beyond its device roots Monday (Jan. 5) with a browser-based expansion of Alexa+ and made product announcements at CES 2026 focused on...

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Alexa+ Now Integrated With Square, Expedia and Yelp
Alexa+ Now Integrated With Square, Expedia and Yelp
December 23, 2025  |  Amazon

Expedia, Yelp, Angi, and Square are building agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for Amazon’s Alexa+. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Amazon Pushes Alexa Into Full Agent Mode
Amazon Pushes Alexa Into Full Agent Mode
December 08, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Agentic AI’s intersection with devices like phones, speakers and personal assistants hadn’t been visited much in the Prompt Economy. At least that was the case,...

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Amazon Says Several New Devices Are Purpose-Built for AI-Powered Alexa+
Amazon Says Several New Devices Are Purpose-Built for AI-Powered Alexa+
September 30, 2025  |  Amazon

Amazon unveiled the next generation of several of its devices Tuesday (Sept. 30), including Echo, Fire TV and Ring, that incorporate the company’s artificial intelligence...

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