"The AI-powered Alexa Plus assistant - like Amazon's Rufus chatbot - can proactively track products to tell you when they've dropped to a specific price, and automatically purchase them when they fall below the designated 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 started rolling out to Alexa Plus users in June, can monitor products in your Amazon basket and wish list, or track specific items as instructed."
"For example, it's possible to ask it to notify you if the Dyson Supersonic hair dryer falls below $300. The smart assistant can also be told to automatically purchase stuff the moment it falls to a desired price, using your default Amazon shipping address and payment option to complete the order. These auto-buy capabilities came to Amazon's Rufus AI chatbot last month, allowing people to use the same features on the Amazon Shopping app. While it's nice to have Alexa alert you to price drops for items in your basket, users should be wary about the feature ruining the gift-giving season for people in the same household."
"A new shopping command center is available for the Echo Show 15 and Echo Show 21, which sounds like an amalgamation of several existing widgets. The "Shopping Essentials" experience displays your recent orders, real-time delivery tracking, shopping list, and saved items, alongside suggested household essentials to repurchase. The feature can be activated by saying "Alexa, where's my stuff?" or "Open Shopping Essentials." Amazon says that Echo users will also be able to add a new shopping widget to their homescreen "soon.""
Alexa Plus can proactively monitor product prices across baskets, wish lists, or individually specified items and notify users when prices fall to set targets. Users can instruct Alexa Plus to automatically purchase items once they reach a desired price, completing orders with the default shipping address and payment option. The price-tracking and auto-buy features began rolling out in June and are available on Echo Show 15 and 21. A new Shopping Essentials command center consolidates recent orders, delivery tracking, shopping lists, saved items, and suggested household essentials, accessible by voice and via an upcoming homescreen widget.
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