Amazon is launching an Alexa Plus shopping feature that makes it easier to track your orders and avoid missing out on deals. AI-powered Alexa Plus assistants – like Amazon’s Rufus chatbot – can actively track products by letting you know when they’ve dropped to a specific price, and automatically purchase them when they fall below a specified threshold. You can now keep track of your purchases in a new shopping experience launching this week on the Echo Show 15 and 21.
These Alexa Plus price-tracking features, which were announced in february And in June it began rolling out to Alexa Plus users, who can monitor products in your Amazon basket and wish list, or track specific items as directed. For example, you may be asked to notify you if a Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer drops below $300. The smart assistant can also be told to automatically make a purchase as soon as the item drops at the desired price, using your default Amazon shipping address and payment option to fulfill the order.
These auto-purchase capabilities came Amazon’s Rufus AI chatbot last monthAllows people to use the same features on the Amazon Shopping app. While it’s great that Alexa alerts you about drops in prices of items in your cart, users should be wary about this feature ruining the gift-giving season for people in the same household.
There’s a new Shopping Command Center available for the Echo Show 15 and Echo Show 21, which feels like an amalgamation of several existing widgets. The “Shopping Essentials” experience displays your recent orders, real-time delivery tracking, shopping lists and saved items, as well as suggested home essentials for repurchase. This feature is called “Alexa, where’s my stuff?” Can be activated by saying. or “Open Shopping Essentials.” Amazon says Echo users will also be able to add a new shopping widget to their homescreen “soon.”
Amazon says Alexa Plus will now prompt users to add additional items to upcoming deliveries to ensure last-minute purchases arrive faster, suggesting products that can be added to the shipment “until it leaves the warehouse.”
Another new shopping feature is that users can now use Alexa Plus personalized gift ideasAfter providing details about who you’re shopping for or the occasion, Alexa Plus will systematically generate personalized product recommendations by category,
