Amazon is launching Alexa.com and new app for Alexa Plus

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Amazon is launching an alexa.com website and a new mobile app where Alexa Plus subscribers will be able to use the AI-powered voice assistant. We don’t have many details beyond that, but the website and the app could be handy new ways to interact with the revamped Alexa, which was announced at an event this morning. At the event, Amazon showed how you’ll be able to have conversations with Alexa Plus for things like ordering groceries, controlling smart home devices, and even telling you if someone in your house has recently walked the dog by looking at your home camera footage. Amazon also demoed how Alexa Plus could analyze and summarize documents, and perhaps the new website and app will be used to upload that information. Right now Alexa.com just takes you to a page to learn more about Alexa and to access the Alexa mobile apps. ... Read full article.