Amazon’s Alexa+ Flexes AI Muscle—Just as Your Smart Speaker Debt Hits ATH
Amazon drops the mic—and your privacy—with its souped-up Alexa+ rollout. The ’context-aware’ upgrade promises fewer ’sorry, I didn’t catch that’ moments and more eerily accurate guesses about your midnight snack cravings.
Under the hood: On-device LLMs now process requests 40% faster, turning your whispered ’add milk to cart’ into a same-day delivery before you regret the impulse. Early testers report the AI interrupts less but still can’t differentiate between ’play jazz’ and ’buy Jeff Bezos’ yacht.’
The kicker? Subscription pricing TBA—because nothing screams ’premium assistant’ like paying monthly for the privilege of being upsold toilet paper during a existential crisis.