Amazon will start rolling out its more capable and conversational
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AMAZON'S SUBSCRIPTION-BASED ALEXA+ LOOKS HIGHLY CAPABLEÄAND
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Amazon will start rolling out its more capable and conversational
version of Alexa to US Prime members for free in the next few weeks.
Alexa+ will be available to non-Prime subscribers for $20 a month.
Amazon has not specified a release date but noted that availability
will start with the Echo Show 8, 10, 15, and 21 smart displays. Alexa+
will be compatible with tens of thousands of other devices and
services at launch - Amazon trained it to use partner APIs and it has
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The company's massive leverage is likely to continue at least until
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MINUTE READ) [15]

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