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EPISODE · Feb 27, 2025 · 5 MIN

DTD2942: An amazing A-lady announcement

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The guy is Robin here. Now yesterday, Amazon had an announcement. They put out some videos about a new version of the A-Lady. Not hardware.

It's going to be rolled out on all existing devices, starting with Echo Show. So starting with the ones with the screen, when they do something, it's going to be rolled out to all existing devices. Exciting. It's a new version of the A-Lady because she's smarter.

She's using generative AI. It's using a number of LLMs, a number of large language models, using Handphropic, which is a company who choose the right LLM depending on the task. So that's a really good choice. And, well, they've released a couple of videos.

So let's first of all watch this one. It's a couple minutes long and it's basically a summary of the key points of the announcement. Oh, I should say that there are loads of A-Bombs in these videos. So prepare yourself to shut off the ears of any devices nearby.

I'm not going to blank more out. So who we go? Hey there. Every once in a while, the technology comes around and it changes everything.

All right, content review, lots of classes is the next generation of Alexa. She's powered by Jenny I smarter conversational personal. I've had chance to use it for the last couple weeks. It is really remarkable, my opinion.

Alexa, can you remember that Mary likes reading Indian food and is a vegetarian? It doesn't like people. Sure. I'll remember that from Mary.

Did you see any packages delivered yesterday? Yes. I found some events and package detections around your house yesterday. We're now producing Alexa.com where you can do more of the long form work you need to do.

You can now share just about anything with Alexa. She remembers it, summarizes it, she analyzes it and allows you to take quick action. Today, I'm excited to announce two new Alexa plus features that are purposeful for kids. On day one, Alexa plus will already work with tens of thousands of other services and places from our partners.

They just got a text from Molly. She's just arrived at JFK. Can we send her an Uber and then I'll meet her at the restaurant? Certainly.

I'll put the Uber right from right away. Every customer experience that we know is going to be reinvented with gender of AI. Thank you for having us there. Well, exciting.

So when it comes to me, it's coming to the US over the next month or so. It will be rolled out gradually. And then it's said to the rest of the world and it doesn't give any kind of time frame. Hopefully it will be relatively soon.

It looks like there are integrations with services like Uber, etc. So maybe work needs to be done in every locality to be able to roll out fully. Now let's watch a second video slightly shorter, but this one is really, really good. It's almost time in conversation with a lady plus.

Wow. We can stop. I know we're saying like this in a while. Oh, hey there.

So we can just like to talk now. I'm all yours. I figured at least begin. Ooh, do you know how many of my kids schedules?

I know it's the birthday party. You're supposed to be looking up from an airport. Want to be a book or a ride? Billy, I just can't wait.

I can share and think it's available in your city. Yes, please. Go to the street. Come on, get your fire.

Only if there's a beach in this weather. Santa Barbara is great for everyone. I found restaurant downtown. I think you'd like to send over no form.

It has great upscale shops and oceanfront dining. Can you go well watching? Absolutely. Want me to put the camera in to work?

No. Listen, Alexa, remove the net holding cartridge. Can you make a leave up in for a little while. Make a small video for you.

Give me a few more. You're on the right. It's coming. It's on the dog.

I checked the cameras. In fact, a month or just out. We're going to stop. I don't want to say like this in a while.

Very cool. So how much? Well, it's $20 a month for non-prime members. But if you are in Amazon Prime member, it will be free.

Cool. There you go, guys. Probably the biggest development in the Echo ecosystem. Well, ever, I would say.

So really exciting stuff. I am looking forward to bringing you more updates as and when it rolls out. This is what I'm saying of and also begin tomorrow. Feedback comments, demos, the dot dot podcast at jimel.com.

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