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Some Alexa+ features reportedly won’t arrive for months


Amazon has delivered on its promise to launch an upgraded Alexa experience, Alexa+, in March. But the service reportedly lacks certain advertised features.

But the service reportedly lacks many of the features Amazon demoed at a press event in late February. Alexa+ can’t yet perform certain “agentic” AI tasks showcased in the company’s marketing, like ordering takeout on Grubhub or generating stories to entertain kids, according to The Washington Post. The assistant also can’t visually identify people and remind them to do particular chores, or brainstorm gift ideas — two additional capabilities shown during the presser.

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