Amazon adds more than 100 shopping capabilities to Alexa
Original title: Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists, subscriptions, and update delivery instructions
Users can manage lists and subscriptions, edit delivery instructions, and ask about Prime, Audible and payments.
Ahead of the holiday season, Amazon added more than 100 shopping-related capabilities to Alexa. The update covers list and subscription management, delivery-instruction changes, payment issues, and questions about Prime subscriptions. Amazon said use of agentic features has grown 8x since the start of the year and that over 400 million consumers used Alexa for shopping in the last 12 months.
Unconfirmed: The 8x growth and 400 million shopper figures are Amazon’s own claims.
- A shopper can change an item’s delivery cadence, such as monthly to every three months.
- Delivery edits include changing an address or adding drop-off details.
- Users can ask about Prime or Audible subscriptions and billing problems.
- Amazon also launched a shopping assistant and product-offer alerts this year.
From the original article
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The update allows you to use Alexa to create lists, register them, see what's on them, and add or edit items. You can also manage subscriptions with the AI bot.
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