Amazon Pushes Alexa Plus Reshaping Shopping Lists

Amazon this week expanded Alexa Plus out of Early Access and redesigned the Alexa app to emphasize a generative AI-powered chatbot, accessible free to US users and with optional Echo access for Prime or $20/month subscribers. Users report the chatbot and Whole Foods product suggestions clutter shopping-list flows, add taps and unsolicited commentary, prompting a reviewer to switch to Apple Reminders.