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Amazon reportedly plans to launch a paid tier of Alexa as soon as this month.

The paid tier will offer a version of the voice assistant that has been dubbed “Remarkable Alexa,” is built on a new tech stack and offers greater capabilities, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (July 23), citing unnamed sources.

Remarkable Alexa will incorporate more generative artificial intelligence (AI) than the current version of the voice assistant and will provide users with more seamless control of smart home devices by using their voice, according to the report.

“Alexa is about to get a lot smarter,” Jeff Bezos said in December 2023 during a podcast interview, hinting that a new version may be on the way,...

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