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Amazon Turns Alexa+ Into a Shopping Hub With Auto-Buy and Echo Show Dashboard

The update is live for Alexa+ users in the U.S. and Canada.

Overview

  • Echo Show 15 and 21 now feature a Shopping Essentials interface that centralizes real-time delivery tracking, recent orders, reorders, saved items, and shopping lists with tap-to-buy checkout.
  • Alexa+ can track prices on items in carts or wishlists and, if enabled, automatically place orders when products fall below a user-set threshold.
  • Users can add items to an upcoming delivery until the order leaves an Amazon warehouse, extending a capability previously introduced on Amazon’s website and app.
  • Alexa+ offers on-screen gift suggestions based on who or what you are shopping for, with results organized into categories, and a home-screen shopping widget is coming soon.
  • Amazon says Alexa+ now reaches tens of millions of customers and reports very low single-digit downgrade rates, as it continues to limit third-party AI agents from making purchases on its platform.