It’s been a little over three months since I upgraded to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/alexa-release-date-cost-devices-and-all-the-new-ai-features” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/alexa-release-date-cost-devices-and-all-the-new-ai-features”>Alexa+, 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 new subscription-based AI assistant that promises to make Alexa more natural, proactive and genuinely helpful. After years of shouting “Alexa, turn on the lights,” I wanted to see if the new generative-AI version could really make my smart home feel that much smarter.
I still use data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/5-quirky-ways-i-use-alexa-and-why-its-my-favorite-ai-assistant-right-now” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/5-quirky-ways-i-use-alexa-and-why-its-my-favorite-ai-assistant-right-now”>Alexa+ in quirky ways like I used Alexa and it’s helped a lot with my family’s data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-put-alexa-to-the-test-with-my-chaotic-family-heres-5-things-i-liked-and-2-that-could-use-work” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-put-alexa-to-the-test-with-my-chaotic-family-heres-5-things-i-liked-and-2-that-could-use-work”>chaotic schedule. This is definitely a big step forward — but…
