Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company’s plans.

    • Cloudless ☼@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      Based on what I’ve read, you can still do what you bought them for without paying the monthly fee. You just have to deal with the old dumb Alexa.

      By the way…

      • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        One day they’ll want to stop maintaining two systems, and you’ll either have to pay up or lose functionality completely.