The latest update enables consumers to view and edit shopping lists, adjust subscription delivery frequencies, and alter specific drop-off details through voice interactions. Users can also consult the assistant directly regarding their Prime and Audible memberships or resolve billing and payment issues. These tools follow earlier AI releases, including an assistant and deal notifications, designed to streamline customer purchases. Rapid consumer uptake has seen shopping-related voice tool usage climb dramatically over the past year.
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The updated assistant now handles logistics management, including editing delivery instru…: The updated assistant now handles logistics management, including editing delivery instructions and drop-off locations.
User engagement with agentic features expanded eightfold since the start of the year.: User engagement with agentic features expanded eightfold since the start of the year.
The enhancements build upon previously launched artificial intelligence tools dedicated t…: The enhancements build upon previously launched artificial intelligence tools dedicated to product discovery and notifications.
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Ahead of the holiday season, Amazon has added more than 100 new shopping-related capabilities to Alexa, including managing subscriptions and lists, updating delivery instructions, solving payment issues, and answering questions about Prime subscriptions.
The update allows you to use Alexa to create lists, register them, see what’s on them, and add or edit items. You can also manage subscriptions with the AI bot — for example, you could ask it to change deliveries for an item to every three months instead of every month — and edit delivery instructions, such as change an address or add drop-off details.
Users also can now ask Alexa about their Prime or Audible subscriptions, and ask it questions about billing or payment issues.
Amazon has launched various AI-centric shopping features this year, including a shopping assistant, and a way to notify users about new products and offers.
The company said that since the start of the year, the number of people using agentic features has grown 8x, and over the last 12 months, over 400 million consumers have used Alexa for shopping.
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