Amazon revamps Alexa so users can manage shopping lists and subscriptions and revise delivery instructions

Meta description: Amazon added over 100 Alexa shopping capabilities for holidays, including lists, subscription changes, delivery updates, and Prime or Audible questions.

Tags: Alexa, Amazon, Shopping, Voice Assistant, AI

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Holiday shopping setup before the season

Ahead of the holiday season, Amazon added more than 100 Alexa shopping capabilities to its voice assistant. These capabilities let users handle shopping tasks through Alexa, including managing lists, subscriptions, delivery instructions, payment issues, and Prime subscription questions.

From lists to subscriptions and deliveries

The update lets users create lists, register them, review what is on them, and add or edit items. They can also manage subscriptions with the AI assistant, such as changing an item from monthly delivery to every three months. Delivery instructions can be edited, including changing an address or adding drop-off details. Users can ask about Prime or Audible subscriptions, billing, and payment issues.

AI shopping features and adoption data

Amazon said it has launched AI-centric shopping features this year, including a shopping assistant and notifications about new products and offers. Since the start of the year, the number of people using agentic features, which let Alexa complete shopping tasks, grew 8x. Over the last 12 months, more than 400 million consumers used Alexa for shopping. The holiday season will test whether these expanded capabilities become routine shopping tasks.