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Amazon Adds More Than 100 New Features to Alexa Shopping Assistant
Ahead of the holiday season, Amazon has added more than 100 new online shopping features to its Alexa for Shopping assistant. Users can manage lists, subscriptions, and delivery instructions with simple requests. The assistant also answers questions about payments and returns. All the new features are now available in the US.
Alexa can create shopping and gift lists, add products to a list, and show what is on it. Products can also be moved from one list to another, and information can be edited. Users can ask the assistant which products remain on a wedding gift list. This makes it easier to choose gifts for family and friends. The new features also cover recurring product orders. Subscribe & Save users can skip their next delivery, cancel a subscription, and request that a product be shipped every 3 months instead of every month. Alexa also shows how much the user has saved through Prime over the course of the year. Users can ask the assistant when their Audible subscription will renew. Users can change their delivery address through Alexa and provide additional instructions about where a package should be left. The assistant also shows the balance on a gift card and the status of a refund. Users can get information about an unfamiliar charge and request help with a payment issue. It also answers general questions about Prime and Audible subscriptions.
The updated assistant can be opened using the Alexa icon in the Amazon Shopping app or through the company’s desktop website. The service is located next to the search section in the app and on the website. The assistant could already find products, compare prices, and track discounts. It could also automatically place an order when a price fell below a certain threshold. Amazon is also expanding notifications about new products and deals. The Alexa for Shopping assistant was officially launched in May. At the same time, Amazon is restricting third-party artificial intelligence (AI)-based shopping assistants from companies such as Meta and Perplexity. According to the company, the number of people using agent features that perform tasks on their own has increased 8 times since the beginning of the year. Over the past 12 months, more than 400 million consumers have used Alexa for shopping.
Alexa can create shopping and gift lists, add products to a list, and show what is on it. Products can also be moved from one list to another, and information can be edited. Users can ask the assistant which products remain on a wedding gift list. This makes it easier to choose gifts for family and friends. The new features also cover recurring product orders. Subscribe & Save users can skip their next delivery, cancel a subscription, and request that a product be shipped every 3 months instead of every month. Alexa also shows how much the user has saved through Prime over the course of the year. Users can ask the assistant when their Audible subscription will renew. Users can change their delivery address through Alexa and provide additional instructions about where a package should be left. The assistant also shows the balance on a gift card and the status of a refund. Users can get information about an unfamiliar charge and request help with a payment issue. It also answers general questions about Prime and Audible subscriptions. The updated assistant can be opened using the Alexa icon in the Amazon Shopping app or through the company’s desktop website. The service is located next to the search section in the app and on the website. The assistant could already find products, compare prices, and track discounts. It could also automatically place an order when a price fell below a certain threshold. Amazon is also expanding notifications about new products and deals. The Alexa for Shopping assistant was officially launched in May. At the same time, Amazon is restricting third-party artificial intelligence (AI)-based shopping assistants from companies such as Meta and Perplexity. According to the company, the number of people using agent features that perform tasks on their own has increased 8 times since the beginning of the year. Over the past 12 months, more than 400 million consumers have used Alexa for shopping.