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A New Yorker feature explores how an Amazon Alexa device, named Sapphire by the user, becomes an intimate family member, providing companionship and support to a mother, while her teenage daughter questions the environmental and emotional implications.

Amazon has announced an agentic version of Alexa with long-term memory and integration with over 1,000 apps, enhancing its capabilities as a personal AI assistant.

Amazon is testing a Hindi-language version of its generative AI assistant Alexa+ in India, inviting users to join a beta program to refine the experience before a wider launch.

The Echo Dot Max smart speaker is on sale for $64.99 ($35 off) in an early Prime Day deal, offering improved sound, faster responsiveness, and smart home hub capabilities.

Amazon's Alexa-compatible Smart Thermostat is on sale for $57.99 as part of an early Prime Day deal, offering features like routine learning, energy usage monitoring, and voice control.

Amazon has launched Sleep Studio for its Echo and Echo Kids speakers, offering bedtime stories, relaxing sounds, and guided meditations to help children wind down and sleep, available via an Amazon Kids Plus subscription.

The Amazon Ember Artline is a stylish art television that offers moving artwork, AI-generated images that match room colors, and motion-sensing power saving, but suffers from lower contrast compared to the Samsung Frame Pro.

Amazon is expanding its print-on-demand service to allow shoppers to generate AI designs using Alexa for Shopping, then print them on products like t-shirts and hoodies.

Amazon launches a feature in its Shopping app that lets users design custom merchandise using AI prompts via Alexa, then order print-on-demand items through Amazon's Merch on Demand service.

Wired's updated 2026 guide to the best smart speakers across Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri ecosystems, highlighting top picks like the Amazon Echo Dot Max, Google Nest Hub Max, Google Nest Audio, and Apple HomePod Mini.

Wired reviews four best Alexa speakers and smart displays for 2026, highlighting the Echo Show 11 as the top smart display and the Echo Show 8 (3rd gen) as the best affordable option, with mentions of ads and speaker quality trade-offs.

Amazon announces a new Alexa+ feature called Alexa Podcasts that generates podcast episodes on any topic using AI, with options to customize length and tone, narrated by AI host voices.