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Is Amazon Alexa down? It’s probably not just you

If you’re wondering whether Amazon Alexa is down or if it’s just you, there’s an easy way to check. On the morning of 20 ...

Is Amazon Alexa down? Thousands report issues amid AWS outage

Amazon’s Alexa was one of the many tech services impacted by a major Amazon Web Services outage that started Monday morning, Oct. 20.

Yes, Alexa can identify songs that it's playing for you — here's how to do it manually, or set Alexa to identify automatically

Your Alexa-enabled smart speaker can identify songs, but you'll need to say a specific phrase: "Alexa, what song is this?" ...
Ars Technica

Alexa’s survival hinges on you buying more expensive Amazon devices

Amazon’s voice assistant is hanging on by a thread. And that thread is generative AI—or, in Amazon’s case, Alexa+. Amazon hasn’t had a problem getting people to buy cheap, Alexa-powered gadgets.