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Amazon Lets You Text Alexa to Shop

Amazon is adding a feature to Alexa for Shopping that lets customers buy items by texting the AI assistant. Users can describe what they want, or send a photo of the item, and Alexa will search for matching results. This lets shoppers buy things with a simple text message.

Quick glossaryAmazon, Alexa for Shopping
Amazon
A large US company best known for online shopping and its cloud computing services.
Alexa for Shopping
Amazon's AI assistant feature that searches for products and helps customers buy them, based on text and photos sent to it.
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