Amazon Adds Text Shopping Through Alexa, Including Purchases
Amazon has launched a text-based shopping feature in Alexa, its voice assistant. Users can research and compare products and track deals and price drops. They can also have Alexa for Shopping complete purchases on their behalf, so buying can be handled through a simple chat. The move shows how AI assistants are starting to handle tasks, not just answer questions.
Quick glossaryAmazon, Alexa for Shopping, text-based
- Amazon
- A US company best known for its online shopping website and its cloud computing services, which power many apps and websites.
- Alexa for Shopping
- Amazon's helper feature that can finish buying products for a shopper instead of the shopper doing each step.
- text-based
- A way of using a feature by typing messages rather than speaking to it or tapping.
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