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Amazon Alexa+ Can Now Create AI-Powered Podcast Episodes on Demand
Amazon has launched Alexa Podcasts, a new Alexa+ feature that creates AI-generated podcast-style audio episodes on almost any topic. Users can choose a topic, review the outline, and adjust the episode before Alexa generates it. The feature uses information from more than 200 publications, including Reuters and The Washington Post. Alexa Podcasts i...
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Amazon Kills Rufus AI, Replaces It With Alexa for Shopping AI Assistant
Amazon, on Wednesday, announced Alexa for Shopping, a new artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant. The new tool comes with agentic capabilities and replaces Rufus AI, a mainstay on the app and the website since February 2024. The Seattle-based tech giant revealed that the new AI experience combines Rufus AI and Alexa+ to bring an assistant ...
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Amazon Said to Be Working on New Smartphone Equipped With Alexa Assistant and AI Features
Amazon is said to be working on a new phone inspired by the Light Phone. The “Transformer" project is reportedly led by the devices and services unit and is said to be part of Jeff Bezos ' long-standing visions. The phone is seen as a potential mobile personalisation device that can sync with the home voice assistant Alexa. It could come with int...
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"I'd Love To See What You're Wearing": US Woman Unplugs Alexa After Creepy Question To 4-Year-Old
Hosterman expressed concern that the device was "sexualizing" her child, especially given that it requested to "see" her clothing.
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Australian Woman Breaks Guinness World Records With Massive Shopkins Collection
Shopkins are small collectible toys designed in the shape of food, clothing, and everyday items.
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Amazon Echo Show 11 Launched in India With 11-inch Display Alongside Echo Show 8: Price, Features
The Amazon Echo Show 11 and Echo Show 8 were launched in India on Tuesday, nearly three months after their global debut. The latest smart home devices from the e-commerce giant are powered by the company's custom-designed silicon chip, dubbed AZ3 Pro and AZ3. They sports 11-inch and 8.79-inch full HD touchscreen displays, which allows users to view...
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Amazon's Alexa+ AI Assistant Arrives on Alexa.com to Take On ChatGPT, Gemini
Amazon is bringing its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered version of its Alexa assistant, Alexa+, to the web. On Monday, the Seattle-based tech giant announced that Alexa+, which was previously available only via the company’s Echo and Fire TV devices, and the redesigned Alexa app, will now also be accessible on the browser.
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CES 2026: Amazon Unveils Artline TVs With Built-in Ambient Art Alongside Redesigned Fire TV OS
Amazon on Monday announced a revamp of its Fire TV platform and introduced a new lifestyle-oriented smart TV lineup, as part of its Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 showcase. The e-commerce giant has introduced a redesigned Fire TV OS, which is said to offer faster performance and a more user-friendly interface. Alongside, Amazon also took the ...
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Alexa's Popular Requests in 2025 Included K-Pop, Bollywood, Podcasts and Details About Celebrities
Amazon has revealed the most popular Alexa questions Indian users asked the voice assistant this year. In 2025, the tech giant said K-pop artists BTS, Jennie, and Blackpink were among the top musicians Alexa customers asked general information about. On top of this, Alexa catered to the queries of customers about famous personalities like Virat Koh...
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Amazon's Alexa+ AI Scene Search Feature Rolls Out to Prime Video on Fire TV: Here's How It Works
Amazon has launched an Alexa+ feature for Fire TV that lets viewers jump to specific scenes in Prime Video movies by describing them aloud. The tool uses natural language understanding, metadata from Prime Video’s X-Ray, and AI models such as Amazon Nova and Anthropic Claude to identify and play exact moments. It supports thousands of movies and ...
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Amazon Event Roundup: Amazon Launches Fire TV Stick 4K Select, Omni QLED Series, New Kindle Scribe and Echo Devices
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select, Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, and other new smart home devices, along with new smart TVs, were unveiled on Tuesday at the company's hardware launch event. Currently available for pre-order, most of the devices will start shipping next, while others will go on sale later this year. During the event, the US-based tech gi...
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Wants to Place Advertisements in Multiturn Conversations With Alexa+
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy shared plans to introduce advertisements when users chat with Alexa+. The Seattle-based tech giant unveiled the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered version of Alexa voice assistant in February, which comes with several new capabilities. Currently available in the US, the company claims it has been rolled out to and is being u...
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Amazon Trims Jobs in Devices and Services Unit
Amazon on Wednesday cut about 100 jobs in its devices and services unit. Amazon trimmed some Alexa-related jobs in 2023 and has been conducting small cuts to various groups in recent months,
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Amazon Scraps Privacy Feature, Sending Alexa Voice Recordings To Cloud
While the voice recordings will be processed in the cloud, the email added that "they will be deleted" after Alexa had processed the requests.
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Amazon to Reportedly Process Alexa Voice Recordings in the Cloud, Ending Local Processing
Amazon is reportedly informing Echo users that the voice requests sent to Alexa will soon stop supporting local processing. As per the report, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant is planning to stop on-device processing of voice recordings for Echo devices starting March 28. The company is reportedly making the change since the new artificial intell...
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Amazon Alexa+ Can Now Create AI-Powered Podcast Episodes on Demand
Amazon has launched Alexa Podcasts, a new Alexa+ feature that creates AI-generated podcast-style audio episodes on almost any topic. Users can choose a topic, review the outline, and adjust the episode before Alexa generates it. The feature uses information from more than 200 publications, including Reuters and The Washington Post. Alexa Podcasts i...
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Amazon Kills Rufus AI, Replaces It With Alexa for Shopping AI Assistant
Amazon, on Wednesday, announced Alexa for Shopping, a new artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant. The new tool comes with agentic capabilities and replaces Rufus AI, a mainstay on the app and the website since February 2024. The Seattle-based tech giant revealed that the new AI experience combines Rufus AI and Alexa+ to bring an assistant ...
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Amazon Said to Be Working on New Smartphone Equipped With Alexa Assistant and AI Features
Amazon is said to be working on a new phone inspired by the Light Phone. The “Transformer" project is reportedly led by the devices and services unit and is said to be part of Jeff Bezos ' long-standing visions. The phone is seen as a potential mobile personalisation device that can sync with the home voice assistant Alexa. It could come with int...
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"I'd Love To See What You're Wearing": US Woman Unplugs Alexa After Creepy Question To 4-Year-Old
Hosterman expressed concern that the device was "sexualizing" her child, especially given that it requested to "see" her clothing.
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Australian Woman Breaks Guinness World Records With Massive Shopkins Collection
Shopkins are small collectible toys designed in the shape of food, clothing, and everyday items.
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Amazon Echo Show 11 Launched in India With 11-inch Display Alongside Echo Show 8: Price, Features
The Amazon Echo Show 11 and Echo Show 8 were launched in India on Tuesday, nearly three months after their global debut. The latest smart home devices from the e-commerce giant are powered by the company's custom-designed silicon chip, dubbed AZ3 Pro and AZ3. They sports 11-inch and 8.79-inch full HD touchscreen displays, which allows users to view...
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Amazon's Alexa+ AI Assistant Arrives on Alexa.com to Take On ChatGPT, Gemini
Amazon is bringing its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered version of its Alexa assistant, Alexa+, to the web. On Monday, the Seattle-based tech giant announced that Alexa+, which was previously available only via the company’s Echo and Fire TV devices, and the redesigned Alexa app, will now also be accessible on the browser.
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CES 2026: Amazon Unveils Artline TVs With Built-in Ambient Art Alongside Redesigned Fire TV OS
Amazon on Monday announced a revamp of its Fire TV platform and introduced a new lifestyle-oriented smart TV lineup, as part of its Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 showcase. The e-commerce giant has introduced a redesigned Fire TV OS, which is said to offer faster performance and a more user-friendly interface. Alongside, Amazon also took the ...
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Alexa's Popular Requests in 2025 Included K-Pop, Bollywood, Podcasts and Details About Celebrities
Amazon has revealed the most popular Alexa questions Indian users asked the voice assistant this year. In 2025, the tech giant said K-pop artists BTS, Jennie, and Blackpink were among the top musicians Alexa customers asked general information about. On top of this, Alexa catered to the queries of customers about famous personalities like Virat Koh...
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Amazon's Alexa+ AI Scene Search Feature Rolls Out to Prime Video on Fire TV: Here's How It Works
Amazon has launched an Alexa+ feature for Fire TV that lets viewers jump to specific scenes in Prime Video movies by describing them aloud. The tool uses natural language understanding, metadata from Prime Video’s X-Ray, and AI models such as Amazon Nova and Anthropic Claude to identify and play exact moments. It supports thousands of movies and ...
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Amazon Event Roundup: Amazon Launches Fire TV Stick 4K Select, Omni QLED Series, New Kindle Scribe and Echo Devices
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select, Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, and other new smart home devices, along with new smart TVs, were unveiled on Tuesday at the company's hardware launch event. Currently available for pre-order, most of the devices will start shipping next, while others will go on sale later this year. During the event, the US-based tech gi...
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Wants to Place Advertisements in Multiturn Conversations With Alexa+
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy shared plans to introduce advertisements when users chat with Alexa+. The Seattle-based tech giant unveiled the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered version of Alexa voice assistant in February, which comes with several new capabilities. Currently available in the US, the company claims it has been rolled out to and is being u...
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Amazon Trims Jobs in Devices and Services Unit
Amazon on Wednesday cut about 100 jobs in its devices and services unit. Amazon trimmed some Alexa-related jobs in 2023 and has been conducting small cuts to various groups in recent months,
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Amazon Scraps Privacy Feature, Sending Alexa Voice Recordings To Cloud
While the voice recordings will be processed in the cloud, the email added that "they will be deleted" after Alexa had processed the requests.
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Amazon to Reportedly Process Alexa Voice Recordings in the Cloud, Ending Local Processing
Amazon is reportedly informing Echo users that the voice requests sent to Alexa will soon stop supporting local processing. As per the report, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant is planning to stop on-device processing of voice recordings for Echo devices starting March 28. The company is reportedly making the change since the new artificial intell...
