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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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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select Review: Does the Job But Leaves You Wanting More
The new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select arrives as a value-focused 4K streaming device in India, offering access to most major apps and Alexa at an accessible price. It delivers on the basics: quick setup, solid 4K HDR10+ playback, intuitive navigation, and Alexa voice control. However, it’s not without compromises. At Rs. 5,499, it’s a sensible...
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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 Fire TV Stick 4K Select Launched in India With Vega OS: Price, Features
Amazon has launched the Fire TV Stick 4K Select in India at Rs. 5,499. The entry-level 4K device supports HDR10+, runs on the new Vega OS, and features a 1.7GHz quad-core processor for faster performance. It offers Alexa voice control, HDMI with HDCP 2.2 support, and the Fire TV Ambient Experience to display artworks when idle. Available via Amazon...
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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 Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) With 5.5-Inch Display, Alexa Launched in India: Price, Specifications
Amazon Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) was launched in India on Tuesday. It features a 5.5-inch display with an inbuilt camera. It is powered by the Alexa voice assistant. It runs on the AZ2 Neural Edge processor. The new model is an upgrade to the Amazon Echo Show 5 (Second Generation). The new Amazon Echo Show is launched in two colour options, and it feat...
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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 Reportedly Working On a Reasoning-Focused AI Model, Could Offer ‘Hybrid Intelligence’
Amazon is reportedly working on a reasoning-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model. As per the report, this model will be released as part of the company's Nova family of AI models. This will likely be an enterprise offering via Amazon Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry, instead of being a consumer-focused product.
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Amazon Plans to Unveil Alexa Devices in the Fall, CEO Says
Amazon will release companion devices in the fall for the AI version of the Alexa voice assistant. The reboot of Amazon’s voice assistant is an attempt to rekindle consumers’ enthusiasm and generate revenue from subscriptions, online shopping and other businesses.
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Amazon Introduces AI-Powered Alexa+ With Upgraded Capabilities, to Roll Out Next Month
Amazon finally introduced the artificial intelligence (AI) version of its voice assistant on Wednesday. Dubbed Alexa+, it now comes with contextual understanding, can better control smart home appliances, is personalised to a user’s behaviour, and also gets agentic capabilities. Alexa+ will be available as a standalone service as well as bundled ...
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Amazon Set to Release Long-Delayed Alexa Generative AI Revamp
Amazon is gearing up to launch its Alexa generative AI voice service. The company on Wednesday sent out press invites to an event to be held on February 26 in New York featuring the head of its devices and services team, Panos Panay. A spokesperson said the event is Alexa-focused, while declining to elaborate.
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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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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select Review: Does the Job But Leaves You Wanting More
The new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select arrives as a value-focused 4K streaming device in India, offering access to most major apps and Alexa at an accessible price. It delivers on the basics: quick setup, solid 4K HDR10+ playback, intuitive navigation, and Alexa voice control. However, it’s not without compromises. At Rs. 5,499, it’s a sensible...
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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 Fire TV Stick 4K Select Launched in India With Vega OS: Price, Features
Amazon has launched the Fire TV Stick 4K Select in India at Rs. 5,499. The entry-level 4K device supports HDR10+, runs on the new Vega OS, and features a 1.7GHz quad-core processor for faster performance. It offers Alexa voice control, HDMI with HDCP 2.2 support, and the Fire TV Ambient Experience to display artworks when idle. Available via Amazon...
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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 Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) With 5.5-Inch Display, Alexa Launched in India: Price, Specifications
Amazon Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) was launched in India on Tuesday. It features a 5.5-inch display with an inbuilt camera. It is powered by the Alexa voice assistant. It runs on the AZ2 Neural Edge processor. The new model is an upgrade to the Amazon Echo Show 5 (Second Generation). The new Amazon Echo Show is launched in two colour options, and it feat...
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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 Reportedly Working On a Reasoning-Focused AI Model, Could Offer ‘Hybrid Intelligence’
Amazon is reportedly working on a reasoning-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model. As per the report, this model will be released as part of the company's Nova family of AI models. This will likely be an enterprise offering via Amazon Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry, instead of being a consumer-focused product.
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Amazon Plans to Unveil Alexa Devices in the Fall, CEO Says
Amazon will release companion devices in the fall for the AI version of the Alexa voice assistant. The reboot of Amazon’s voice assistant is an attempt to rekindle consumers’ enthusiasm and generate revenue from subscriptions, online shopping and other businesses.
-
Amazon Introduces AI-Powered Alexa+ With Upgraded Capabilities, to Roll Out Next Month
Amazon finally introduced the artificial intelligence (AI) version of its voice assistant on Wednesday. Dubbed Alexa+, it now comes with contextual understanding, can better control smart home appliances, is personalised to a user’s behaviour, and also gets agentic capabilities. Alexa+ will be available as a standalone service as well as bundled ...
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Amazon Set to Release Long-Delayed Alexa Generative AI Revamp
Amazon is gearing up to launch its Alexa generative AI voice service. The company on Wednesday sent out press invites to an event to be held on February 26 in New York featuring the head of its devices and services team, Panos Panay. A spokesperson said the event is Alexa-focused, while declining to elaborate.
