Amazon updates Alexa to manage lists, subscriptions, deliveries

What BBN said about it

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAmazon says it added more than one hundred new shopping features to Alexa ahead of the holidays, including lists, delivery addresses, and Prime and Audible billing questions, TechCrunch reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe headline example is asking Alexa to change a delivery from every month to every three months. Amazon is calling that engagement.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEvery three months. The shopping assistant now helps you shop less. Someone in Seattle read that sentence out loud and approved it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's called customer-led pacing, and frankly it's brave.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAmazon also says more than four hundred million people used Alexa for shopping in the past year, though it has long struggled to get Echo owners to buy things that way.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo, both?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorVerdict: eat a sandwich. Nothing here is dangerous, it's a speaker that can fix your toilet paper schedule.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBack same time tomorrow. Alexa, change my sandwiches to every three months.