Reading up on Alexa
3 deep · digging since feb 06
- Amazon’s Panos Panay: We’re not necessarily going after a phone
Amazon's devices chief Panos Panay says the company is not primarily focused on making a smartphone, instead emphasizing Alexa+ as an AI-powered upgrade to its voice assistant after overcoming technical delays.
- The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot. - The New York Times
Amazon and Google bet AI assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will finally make smart home setup easy, but core usability and reliability problems persist.
- I’m Signing Off From This Column After 12 Years. Here’s What’s Changed in Tech. - WSJ
After 12 years as a WSJ columnist, Joanna Stern reflects on the consumer-tech shifts that reshaped daily life, including phones becoming everything, cars becoming computers, and AI becoming the new interface.