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Amazon made a version of Alexa just for shopping

Engadget • Wed, 13 May 2026

Alexa for Shopping is an 'agentic AI assistant' for Amazon purchases

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Alexa for Shopping is an 'agentic AI assistant' for Amazon purchases

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Amazon is bringing Alexa Plus to Amazon.com, integrating its LLM-powered AI assistant directly into the company's shopping experience. Beginning today, when you type a query into Amazon, you'll be talking to Alexa for Shopping, the company's new shopping assistant, powered by Alexa Plus. So, while a search for "toilet paper" will still return the expected […]

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