I do not want to exaggerate things, but, among us, Alexa Plus can be the Alexa you have been waiting for. Amazon announced its huge digital assistant, which makes the platform smarter, more conversational, more personal, proactive and a true maker. I could have considered all this a bit exaggerated if I had not seen so many living demonstrations and, yes, I even tried for myself.
Alexa Plus is Amazon’s first attempt of a true generative the AI system that can respond to the indications of natural language, retain the context, remember facts about you and your life and quickly solve the indications ranging from the construction of shopping lists to discover if someone has walked the family’s dog.
After the Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, gave us a Deep Model Model and Amazon Deep Panos Panay and other executives accompanied us through the details of the new Alexa Plus (along with Alexa.com and the new application), Amazon happened to me through a series of demonstrations that illustrated the new and formidable platforms to Powers. Executives tell me that the device administers its consultations locally on the device and in the cloud. The decision depends on complexity, and those that require AI models will be largely in the cloud.
Finally, a truly intelligent home
Alexa Plus Smart Home demonstration was a real revelation from the point of view of the impact. The Vice President of Amazon Alexa, Scott Durhan, showed us in an ECO program (all demonstrations were on the smart screen of 21 inches) How could I tell Alexa: “I have been out in business, can I see a quick summary of what happened at home while it was outside?” Alexa Plus works with Ring (also owned by Amazon) and uses the new intelligent video search for the platform (a premium service) to quickly find video snapshots of the house that are within that period of time.
One of the characteristics of the new Alexa Plus is its ability to maintain the context and answer follow -up questions. Durham asked if his dog had walked in that period of time, and Alexa Plus returned videos that were shown when the dog was taken outside. Durham, in particular, did not have to repeat Alexa’s name or explain every detail of what he wanted on the notice (they call this ancient way to commit to the digital assistant “Alexa Speak”) to add details such as the fact that he owns a dog or his name.
Durham had shared that information before with Alexa Plus, and was remembered and integrated into the system.
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One of my frustrations with the current Alexa platform is that, even when you use the application, it is still incredibly difficult to configure routines. I just want to talk to Alexa and make it come true. Durham showed me how you can simply describe what you want: “I’m going to be out for a week, can you create a routine for the lights to be listed and look like someone’s home”? A moment later, Alexa Plus created a “distance mode from 7 pm to 9 pm”. That was simple and effective.
There is also a long time to appoint smart devices at home and Alexa does not respond correctly unless you use that exact name in your consultation. Alexa Plus does not seem to import a significant vagueness. You can tell him that he wants him to turn off a light in the living room, and he will turn off the light in that room, which is called “sofa light”, even though he did not call her by name.
I just hope Alexa Plus works so well in the real world (read “My Smart Home”).
We also take a look at Alexa Plus’s next function of groceries, which can work with Amazon Fresh (among other supermarkets) to build food plans and grocery lists based on skeletal information.
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I told Alexa Plus that he wanted to build a dinner for vegetarians who like meat products. Soon, I had dishes using ingredients as beyond the meat. When I asked for garrisons to work, I remembered the vegetarian appearance and found foods such as corn in the cob and the vegetarian school salad.
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Alexa Plus can quickly take those recipes and turn a shopping list that can alter playing the screen or asking you to change specific grocery items. Alexa Plus’s ability to stay at the time was remarkable.
Sucking documents and details
Alexa Plus can also read the documents that an email sends to [email protected]. Sending Alexa one of its emails may seem strange and a privacy problem, but assuming you trust in Amazon, it is quite easy to do.
We saw how when he sends an email to Alexa that describes an upcoming tennis coincidence (you can also send PDF, word documents and TXT files), Alexa Plus can identify that there is an event and automatically add it to its calendar, which will appear in the ECO program. If the document has multiple events, Alexa Plus will send you an email and ask which you want to add. We saw how you can consult Alexa Plus and ask: “Where is my first game?”
If there is a small detail that needs email, you can ask about that and then tell Alexa Plus to memorize it and remind you if you need any team for the game.
Naturally, Amazon executives showed us how easy it is to talk about the game to ask Alexa Plus to help him find a new tennis racket. You can even observe offers about the racket of your choice. For now, this only works with Amazon and not in third -party retailers.
That is entertainment
One of the most entertaining demonstrations was to use Alexa Plus to discover and find music and movies with only little information.
Seeing this demonstration, I felt that Amazon should have heard the conversations between my wife and me, where we try to describe a movie or a television program: “He has that type of Dawson’s Creek, but is on a ship …”? “
I saw Alexa Plus skillfully handled the liberal indications such as: “What is the song that Phoebe believes that it is Tony Dance?” Alexa Plus knew that it was “Hold Me Sower Tiny Dancer” and we refer to the episode of Friends where Phoebe thinks that it is who is the boss. star.
We review a series of films indications that reminded me of Jeopardy! Questions in which we failed to perplex Alexa Plus.
Alexa Plus is not only intelligent about entertainment; It is also quite good to manage how you enjoy it in a way that makes customization simple.
We started in an echo show that was “in the kitchen” and we asked Alexa to play “the song at the end of the breakfast club” in the living room (an echo studio). Then we ask the music to be changed to the living room (another echo study on the other side of the demonstration space). Finally, the executive told Alexa Plus that he was going to “wash some dishes, move it there,” and Alexa Plus moved the music to Echo Show in the “kitchen.”
From guessing with precision “Do not forget me”, to skillfully move music without all the specific details that Alexa Plus to ia seem formidable.
Exciting but
It was a series of impressive demonstrations, but I have questions about privacy and support for echoes without screen. Amazon has already confirmed that not all of them have done support Alexa Plus (they will still work with the original Alexa), but I wonder how the experience in the smart speakers will be.
The integration of the ring is exciting, but you must pay that video function. Otherwise, consultations on activities in the last two weeks can find anything.
I’m glad Amazon includes Alexa Plus on Amazon Prime. It is difficult to imagine paying $ 19.99 per month for the privilege of using it.
I also wonder how much from Claude de Anthrope is working here. Amazon called them a partner, but do we keep talking to Alexa, or now is Claude in Alexa Plus Clothing?
Even so, this is the change that Alexa desperately needed, and I think it is sure to say that Amazon has officially entered the consumer’s career.
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