- Amazon literally invites alerear ‘alexa’ causing an important update
- The new Alexa could be an autonomous agent of AI …
- … but it could also cost $ 5- $ 10 per month
Amazon sent invitations to a great product launch event in New York City yesterday that contained many suggestions from Alexa (including a family tone of blue). And now some hidden details in the invitation, in addition to some new rumors, have given us a clearer idea of what to expect on February 26.
We missed Alexa AI’s first track because it is impossible to detect when he looks at a single invitation. But take one of each of the five different invitation styles that Amazon distributed and will see that they spell “Alexa”, with our stranger “to” be a “e”. The puzzle was cracked by the edge.
This means that Amazon is completely guaranteed to show the long -awaited next generation Alexa that we have been waiting on February 26, and we could even see some new hardware so that this is what I call home.
Now we also have some potential details about exactly what Alexa AI will do. According to PakGazette, which cites three people familiar with the project, the new and improved Alexa assistant will have some key updates.
First, apparently it will be better to understand the natural speech and the context of your requests, since the new AI will be able to respond to multiple indications in a sequence.
We are not sure precisely how this will be seen, but we are imagining a kitchen environment where it quickly asks Alexa To help you handle the pressure a little more easily. Instead of saying ‘Hello Alexa’ between each message, I could ask them consecutively as can with a service like Gemini Live.
Next, it is said that Alexa will be able to serve as an AFFEE, which means that he can perform tasks in the name of the users without the need for their direct participation. Once again, it is not clear what form will take this, but maybe Alexa will learn his routines and automatically turn off the smart lights if he knows he is not at home. That said, we are a bit shy that Alexa can act autonomously, without the correct protections, an agent with access to our credit card and the largest online market in the world sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Finally, although Alexa’s update will apparently be free with limited use at the beginning, Amazon has floated the idea of charging $ 5- $ 10 per month (probably around £ 5- £ 10 / au $ 8-au $ 16). Fortunately, the classic Alexa could remain a free option always available.
Will Alexa AI worth paying?
Based on leaks so far, we are not convinced that Alexa AI be useful enough to justify the payment. It does not sound significant enough to tempt people who only use it as a voice timer and a light switch, but Amazon could give us more convincing reasons when it arrives on February 26.
It is possible that it has been lost in the buzz caused by Chatgpt, Google Gemini, Apple Intelligence and Deepseek, but Alexa has been surprisingly absent from Revolution AI. The intelligent speaker assistant once synonymous with home now feels decidedly dumb, since he fights to establish a natural conversation with the same fluidity that Gemini lives, and with responses to consultations that contain much less depth than GPT’s tastes -4o.
Apparently, this is not due to lack of attempt. The reports have suggested that the “technical challenges” have delayed the update of Alexa’s next generation, since he fought with frequent hallucinations (when an AI invents information or makes an error), as well as continues to perform the basic tasks of Smart Home can do well. Now (how to light the smart lights).
Apparently, these inconveniences establish the launch date of the AI in 2025, but it seems that Amazon is finally ready to make their efforts public.
