At its launch in 2014, radio pinned a lot of hope on Amazon’s Alexa to bring radio back into the American home. As Alexa numbers dwindle ten years later, Amazon is planning a huge revitalization for ...

Sources told the news outlet that Amazon is planning to upgrade its generative artificial intelligence with Alexa and that to offset the cost of the upgrade, it will charge a monthly fee. It will use ...

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+”.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among features of the subscription Alexa, expected in October, are recipe suggestions based on your family’s dietary restrictions ...

So, it's finally here – just over 10 years since Amazon's Alexa voice assistant sparked a new (and ultimately underwhelming) age of voice assistants, it's just been given a major AI brain transplant.

Amazon unveiled on Wednesday the first major overhaul of its Alexa voice assistant since it was introduced more than a decade ago, embedding it with generative artificial intelligence. The effort ...

Early access to Amazon’s upgraded smart assistant will start in late March 2025. Early access to Amazon’s upgraded smart assistant will start in late March 2025. is a senior reporter who’s been ...