{"id":31208,"date":"2024-08-27T04:15:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T11:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blinkbargain.com\/blog\/amazons-ai-alexa-subscription-may-arrive-in-october\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T04:15:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T11:15:39","slug":"amazons-ai-alexa-subscription-may-arrive-in-october","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/blinkbargain.com\/blog\/amazons-ai-alexa-subscription-may-arrive-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon’s AI Alexa subscription may arrive in October"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post<\/a>, Amazon is getting ready to launch the biggest update to Alexa since the voice assistant first burst onto the scene. All the way back in September 2023, Amazon teased a more powerful version of Alexa<\/a><\/span> that would use AI to make the voice assistant<\/a><\/span> far more capable, with the ability to have conversations with far better contextual understanding, and without having to repeatedly use the “Alexa” wake word. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the documents seen by the Washington Post, the new update may finally be released in mid-October<\/strong>, with access to the upgraded version of Alexa requiring a paid subscription<\/a><\/span> that could cost as much as $10 per month<\/strong>. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The new Alexa has the potential to be far more useful <\/h2>\n
AI-powered features can make Alexa relevant again <\/h3>\n