Amazon’s Alexa+ AI chatbot has been available only to those enrolled in Early Access so far, but that changes today. Now, everyone in the US can access Alexa+.
The catch is that those who subscribe to Amazon Prime get free and unlimited use. If you aren’t a Prime member, you can either pay $19.99 per month for it, or use the Alexa+ Chat, which is ” a text-based chat interface to get quick answers, plan, research, and explore new topics”. This is free, but Amazon says it “will be limited based on use”, without going into any further detail.
Alexa+ is powered by large language models from both Amazon Nova and Anthropic. It’s available on Alexa-enabled devices, Alexa.com, and the Alexa app. To get started with Alexa+, just say “Alexa, upgrade to Alexa+”, or log into your Amazon account at Alexa.com.
According to Amazon, over the course of the Early Access phase, people have used Alexa+ in “completely new and different ways” versus the old Alexa, with “more complex interactions”, and “deep conversations” that explore complex topics as well as the news of the day. Alexa+ can also keep talking to you about the same topic(s) over multiple days since it remembers context too.
