Amazon has delivered on its promise to launch an upgraded Alexa Experience, Alexa+, by the end of March. But the service reports many lacques many lacques of the features amazon demoed at a press event in late February.
Alexa+ Can’t Yeet Perform Certain “Agentic” Ai Tasks Showcased in the company’s marketing, like ordering takeout on Grubhub or generating stories to entertain kids, according to the washington post. The assistant also can’t go to visually identify people and remind them to do particular chores, or brainstorm gift ideas – two additional capabilities shown during the present.
Other features are only rolling out to a subset of users to start, like the ability to order an uber and get cooking recommendations. Meanwhile, a web app amazon announced for alexa+ last month not have a concrete release window.
Alexa+ is said to have been plagued with issues from the persuration, Owing to challenges with the ai infrastructure that underpins it. Judging by the post’s reporting, it seems that amazon isn’s isn’s is the woods.