Amazon has completely rebuilt Alexa from the ground up using modern generative AI. The “classic” Alexa you’ve known for years is being replaced by a much smarter version officially called Alexa+ (sometimes just called the “new Alexa”).

Voice controlled home automation has been a vision of science fiction writers for decades, but only recently became a reality. With the limitations of voice assistants such as Siri, it’s understandable why high end automation systems had steered clear of audio commands. However, there is finally an option for audio based control.