Get the latest tech news

Oral-B bricks ability to set up Alexa on $230 smart toothbrush

Oral-B discontinued Alexa toothbrush in 2022, now sells $400 "AI" toothbrush.

Oral-B released the Guide for $230 in August 2020 but bricked the ability to set up or reconfigure Alexa on the product this February. Guide owners can still use the Oral-B App for other features; however, the ability to use the charging base like an Alexa smart speaker—a big draw in the product’s announcement and advertising—is seriously limited. He told Ars Technica that when he tries using the Alexa wake word now, the speaker says, "I’m having trouble connecting to the Internet.

Get the Android app