The many pluses and minuses of Alexa Plus
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The many pluses and minuses of Alexa Plus

B1IntermediateOctober 8, 202634 min
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I'm so sorry to everyone. We should have warned you. Oh yeah, turn off all your devices. Mute your devices. I'm so sorry.

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Hello and welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of the Alexa Plus shopping list. I'm your friend David Pierce and today on the show we're going to talk about the Smart Home. Specifically Alexa Plus, which is going through a bunch of changes right now. Amazon has been on a run of hardware announcements, new ring stuff, new Kindle stuff,

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and today a new Alexa tablet, which is maybe the most surprising new Amazon device in years. All of it centered around the idea of getting Alexa Plus deeper and deeper into your life. Plus, Jen Tui on our team has spent the last year testing Alexa Plus, and she has some thoughts about it.

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