Amazon Polly delivers a major upgrade to its Generative engine

The Amazon Polly Generative engine gets a major upgrade: more expressive, more accurate speech with low latency, plus 14 new voices across 9 locales and general availability of Hindi and Finnish....

AWS ML Blog·3d ago

Amazon unveils AI devices that listen to daily conversations

Amazon has unveiled two AI devices that listen to users’ daily conversations, summarize content, organize schedules, and manage to-do lists. The products, which can be worn on the wrist or attached...

The Chosun Ilbo on MSN·Oct 15

Introducing all-new Amazon Alexa Tablets—powerful tablets with Alexa+ built in

About Amazon·Oct 9

Alexa Plus Is Creeping Out Out Echo Speaker Users With Bizarre “Lalala” Bug

Amazon confirms a creepy Alexa Plus bug that makes some Echo speakers repeat or sing "lalala" for several minutes during conversations.

Windows Report on MSN·Oct 6

Advertisers Can Directly Influence Amazon’s Alexa Responses

At Amazon’s annual UnBoxed advertising event held in San Francisco, the e-commerce giant unveiled Branded Conversations, an ad format that appears when consumers tap on prompts surfaced within Alexa...

Adweek·Sep 29

Workflow context for AI agents with Smartsheet MCP on AWS

The Smartsheet Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server lets AI agents read, update, and act on live data. This post shows two ways to connect it on AWS: Amazon Quick for business teams and Kiro for...

AWS ML Blog·5d ago

Amazon unveils new Bee AI devices for conversation recording

Amazon launches Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse AI devices that record, transcribe, and summarize conversations, plus a $11.99 Bee Pro subscription.

Crypto Briefing·Oct 15

Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my life

The Verge·Oct 8

eDreams ODIGEO and Amazon Alexa Collaborate to Bring AI Travel Search to Alexa+

BARCELONA, Spain, October 07, 2026--eDreams ODIGEO (the "Company" or "eDO") (BME: EDR) (OTC: EDDRF), the world’s leading travel subscription platform, today announced a strategic collaboration with...

Yahoo Finance·Oct 7

Voice Assistants Just Crossed a Billion Users. Here’s What Got Better.

by Haru Kim — Amazon says 600 million Alexa devices are still just waiting for a wake word. The technical story underneath is different.

Medium·Oct 1

Your Amazon Prime Subscription Comes With An Alexa Upgrade You Should Use More

bgr.com·Sep 28

Work management context for AI agents with Smartsheet MCP on AWS

The Smartsheet Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server lets AI agents read, update, and act on live work management data. This post shows two ways to connect it on AWS: Amazon Quick for business teams...

AWS ML Blog·5d ago

Amazon’s always-listening Bee wearable can now help you buy stuff

Plus, a magnetic version for your phone is coming ‘soon.’ Last year, Amazon bought Bee, a relatively unknown startup with a $50 always-listening AI wearable that summarized every conversation you had.

The Verge·Oct 15

Goodbye, Fire Tablet: Amazon’s New Alexa Tablet Is a Flashy Portable Entertainment Hub

The new tablets tie together the Amazon media ecosystem so you can pick up where you left off from just about anywhere.

CNET on MSN·Oct 8

Amazon Alexa Plus keeps creepily singing ‘lalala’ for minutes on end

The Amazon Echo Studio is one of the speakers that runs Alexa Plus. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge An unsettling Alexa Plus bug has seen some Amazon Echo smart home speakers reduced to saying -...

The Verge AI·Oct 6

Amazon is upgrading Alexa Plus with new features, but you'll have to wait

Android Authority·Sep 30

Amazon wants Alexa to finish your to-do list, not just research it

Daniel Rausch, Amazon's vice president of Alexa and Echo, says embedding the latest AI capabilities to the digital assistant has proven to deliver on tasks from start to finish — whether it be making...

Marketplace·Sep 28