Alexa+ costs $19.99, free for Amazon Prime members

Amazon’s new and improved Alexa experience, Alexa+, starts at $19.99, or free for Amazon Prime subscribers. It’ll roll out in early access beginning next month in the U.S., and then will come to a wider group of users in waves over the subsequent months, Amazon said. Echo Show 8, 10, 15, and 21 devices will be the first to get Alexa+. It’s unclear which other devices, like Amazon’s speaker-only Echo Dot and Echo Pop, will gain support. Amazon didn’t specify. As part of the launch of Alexa+, Amazon is debuting Alexa.com, a new web experience that’s designed for “long-form” work. It’s also introducing a refreshed Alexa mobile app with a new interface and functionality. “Today with generative AI and a completely re-architected Alexa, we’re moving the world from chatbots to something entirely new,” Amazon’s devices and services chief Panos Panay said onstage at an event in NYC on Wednesday. At $19.99, Alexa+ is competitive with other generative AI-powered chatbots on the market in term ... Read full article.