In this exciting episode, wee're diving deep into a review of the recent Amazon event that took place on February 26th. The star of the show? Alexa Plus, a newer, smarter AI version of Alexa that's set to become a big part of our lives very soon. We have a brief synopsis put together by the great folks over at DTNS which we are thrilled to share with you. We've also spent some time reflecting on how this new Alexa Plus might fit into our lives - imagine it as the friendly AI that everyone in the family can appreciate, kind of like a happy meal for AI services. Now, how cool does that sound? We even have a recently released ad from Amazon focusing on the wonderful new Alexa Plus. This episode is packed with tons of insights, so stay tuned!

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Daily Tech News Show - Briefing 4964

https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/02/26/alexa-plus-may-actually-be-a-plus-dtnsb-4964/

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YouTube Ad for Alexa Plus

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In this episode we break down the news from Amazon's Alexa Event on February 26th 2025. And a closer look at the documentation after the event revealed a lot of hidden nuggets.

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In this episode we cover the three core advances AI should bring to Alexa; namely better processing of our speech, improved natural responses, and agentic capabilities.

In this episode we review a recent press release about an event dealing with devices for the Amazon Echo line-up, here late in February.

# Attributions

DTNS Briefing 4950

https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/02/05/why-dtns-doesnt-cover-the-doge-dtnsb-4950/DTNS- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

PC World

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2599695/is-the-new-ai-powered-alexa-almost-here-6-things-to-know.html

Thurrott.com -Panos Panay ⁠

https://www.thurrott.com/microsoft/289310/panos

In this episode, we take a look at hand gestures that can control your Amazon Echo, and we take a look at how Conversation Mode has been adjusted and integrated into Follow-Up Mode. Both of which use a scan of your face to figure out whether you're looking at the Amazon Echo to help aid it in conversations.

We take a look at Themes on the Amazon Echo and think about what the future might hold if this feature got a little more TLC!

We take a look back to privacy options and controls highlighted in episode 181 and 183.

We take a look at a recent Financial Times Article and DTNS's take on Alexa's AI future. We also compare these to our AI Beta tests last year with Alexa's AI Beta.

# References

Echo Tips 297

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-297-alexa-ai-omnibus-catch-up-on-all-you-missed/id1396874548?i=1000654216801

Financial Times

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/amazon-must-solve-hallucination-problem-before-launching-ai-enabled-alexa/

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Daily Tech News Show Breifing Episode 4935

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We take a look at recent Google Announcements made at CES 2025, about home automation and smart home devices using the Matter standard.

Show Notes

https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/01/08/are-you-compliant-do-you-matter-dtns-live-4931/

The Verge Article

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/8/24338969/google-home-hubs-local-control-matter

Ever wish you could have your own personal Wiki on Alexa? Or that she could just shoot you an email with something you needed to take note of? Well, guess what you can do that with Notes and the Voice Pad Skill. Have a listen as we dust off these oldies but goodies, an take a look at some of the new features that have been added.