Amazon enables text-based shopping through Alexa assistant

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Amazon said US customers can now use Alexa for Shopping, its AI-powered shopping assistant, to search for products and make purchases via text messages.

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2026-11-06 15:05 · Reuters AI
Amazon rolls out text-based shopping through Alexa

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