Amazon Enables Texting with Alexa for Shopping
What's new
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Amazon is enabling texting with Alexa AI to help users shop, starting with a select US group and expanding soon after blocking Meta's Muse.
Amazon is rolling out a texting feature for its Alexa AI, allowing users to send messages or photos for product searches, recommendations, and purchases. This follows the September block of Meta's Muse chatbot. The feature extends Alexa for Shopping, launched in May, and begins with limited US customers before reaching millions more ahead of the holiday season.
Key facts
- Text or photo messages to “Amazon Alexa” for shopping
- Limited US users first, millions more soon
- Blocked Meta's Muse in September
- Alexa for Shopping launched in May
- Remembers preferences and alerts on sales
- Announced by Rajiv Mehta, VP of Conversational Shopping
Timeline
dated events in the reporting · oldest first- Nov 6, 2026Texting feature with Alexa rolled out to select US customers · The Verge, TechCrunch
What each outlet adds
beyond the shared facts- The VergeDetails on photo matching and preference alerts, announced by Rajiv Mehta.
- TechCrunchContext of blocking Meta's Muse in September and waitlist option.
- Vendors
- Amazon
- Products
- AlexaAlexa for Shopping
- Countries
- United States
- AI models
- Alexa
Coverage
oldest first · one row per article · UTC- · 4d ago
The Verge · AIFirst report
Amazon lets US shoppers text Alexa to search and buy
A limited US group can message “Amazon Alexa” with text or a photo; Amazon says millions more will follow in coming weeks.
- · 4d ago
TechCrunch · AI
Amazon Launches Texting Feature with Alexa for Shopping
Amazon enables texting with Alexa AI to help users shop, following a block of Meta's Muse.