If you’ve had it up to here with dumb responses from Alexa, get ready for a big change. At a glitzy event in New York City on Wednesday, Amazon unveiled–again–its AI-enhanced and “completely ...

For years, Alexa mostly stayed in one place. It lived on kitchen counters, nightstands or living room shelves. That setup worked for music and timers, but it also limited when and how people could ...

For many years, Amazon has been trying to put its Alexa voice assistant at the center of the smart home. But right now, Alexa in its current state can seem downright dumb at times. And for anyone who ...

Amazon's huge voice assistant upgrade is conversational, connected and well-suited for Prime users. I enjoy it, but still have misgivings. The new, large language model-fueled version of Alexa is ...

Whatever happened to the days of Alexa just being known as a black cylindrical speaker? Since the introduction of the first Echo in fall 2014, Amazon's AI assistant has been embedded in a number of ...

Amazon announced Alexa Plus back in February 2025, although the AI-powered assistant has only recently arrived in the UK. Now, for those on the other side of the pond, it’s expanding to amazon.com, ...

A 2026 guide to setting up Alexa as your smart home hub: unboxing your Echo, adding devices, organizing Rooms, using Matter, ...

There’s a strong chance we’ll see the new Alexa with retooled AI abilities before the month is out. Here’s the latest chatter. It’s been well more than a year since Amazon gave us a glimpse of a ...

Amazon is hosting an Alexa-focused press event in NYC on Wednesday. Considering the company hasn’t held a major device presser in nearly two years — the last one was in September 2023 — we’re ...