Last year, David Limp, Amazon’s former senior vice president of devices and services, hinted that a more powerful version of Alexa would be charged for — and now we know how much it might cost. A report comes from Reuters Showing Amazon’s artificial intelligence-enhanced version of Alexa costs $5 to $10 per month in addition to a Prime membership.
sources revealed Reuters Amazon plans to launch a new Alexa in August, marking a “desperate attempt” to revolutionize the voice assistant. Paid versions of Alexa may not require users to keep saying “Alexa” when talking to the assistant. It will reportedly be able to complete multiple requests in a single prompt, such as writing a short email and ordering takeout from Uber Eats.
It is reported ReutersMore advanced versions of Alexa could also offer the ability to “learn” from users and create routines, such as turning on a customer’s coffee pot when the alarm goes off. This is in line with a CNBC report last month that Amazon planned to launch an Alexa subscription service without Prime.
This doesn’t mean Amazon will abandon the free version of Alexa. as pointed out ReutersAmazon still plans to replace the base version with one that offers new generative artificial intelligence capabilities, but it will put the more advanced Alexa behind a paywall. According to reports, artificial intelligence Alexa will allow customers to ask for shopping advice, such as what hats and gloves they should buy for mountaineering trips. Reuters. This is similar to the information Amazon’s artificial intelligence shopping chatbot Rufus can provide.
When reached for comment, Amazon noted edge statement provided to Reuters: “We have integrated generative artificial intelligence into different components of Alexa and are working to implement it at scale—in more than 500 million Alexa-enabled ambient devices in homes around the world—to enable more proactive, personalized and providing our customers with trustworthy assistance.
Over the past year, Amazon has been working to improve its artificial intelligence assistant to keep pace with artificial intelligence chatbots from OpenAI, Google and Microsoft. Even Apple is getting into the AI game, launching an improved version of Siri in iOS 18. Waiting list.
