It’s been said that no one uses Alexa for voice-based shopping. But retail giant still sees the potential for Alexa as a shopping companion — just in a different way. That’s why this month the company ...

Amazon has decided to stop paying developers to build Alexa apps and giving them free AWS credits, shutting down the Alexa Developer Rewards Program and the AWS Promotional Credits for Alexa program ...

Alexa Plus now offers three additional personalities to choose from, including a new Brief mode for shorter, direct responses ...

I’ve tested many Amazon products in my time as T3’s Home Editor, and most recently, I spent three weeks trying out the new Amazon Echo Dot Max which came out in early 2025. To use Amazon Echo products ...

An AI overhaul makes Alexa+ a much better digital assistant and smart home control center I tried Alexa+ on my first-generation Amazon Echo Show 15, which received a major software refresh in addition ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Have you ever had a question about whether an item is recyclable? Monroe County on Tuesday announced a new program aimed at making recycling a little easier through the Alexa app.

Amazon is making a dedicated Alexa app for Microsoft’s Xbox. The console already offers support for Alexa using voice commands. For example, you can ask Amazon’s voice assistant to turn on or turn off ...

Alexa hasn’t worked out the way Amazon originally planned. There was a time when it thought that Alexa would yield a robust ecosystem of apps, or Alexa Skills, that would make the voice assistant an ...