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Amazon’s Generative AI Alexa+ Is Free For All Prime Members

Major overhaul of Amazon's Alexa will be free for all Prime users, but others will have to pay $19.99 per month for Alexa+

After delays to its Alexa generative AI voice assistant, Amazon invites press outlets to preview event in late February

Panos Panay is hired by Amazon as head of device business, just weeks after his sudden departure from Microsoft

Head of Amazon's hardware devices, David Limp, is to leave this year - months after assuring Amazon's commitment to Alexa

Hardware boss insists Amazon is still committed to its Alexa voice assistant, despite major restructuring and job losses

Amazon's 10,000 job cuts reportedly impacts Alexa unit the hardest, while device hardware group is described as 'division in crisis'

Arrival of Halo Rise sleep tracker comes amid updates to Fire TV, Kindle, and new Echo devices that double as Wi-Fi mesh extenders