Last week, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/amazon-devices-and-services-2025-event-live” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/amazon-devices-and-services-2025-event-live”>Amazon’s 2025 devices event debuted two new Echo smart speakers with data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/tag/amazon” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/tag/amazon”>Amazon‘s latest data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/amazon-alexa-announced-heres-everything-it-can-do” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/amazon-alexa-announced-heres-everything-it-can-do”>Alexa Plus (Alexa+) voice assistant. Now, Echo Show owners are reporting that its AI-powered updates brought with them a tidal wave of ads that make the device practically unusable.
Previously, Amazon’s Echo Show smart displays showed ads mostly through the Shopping Lists feature or Alexa’s “By the way” features. It also occasionally played audio ads when using Alexa to listen to Amazon Music. However,…
