Amazon’s new Alexa+ early access is much better than I expected

I didn’t expect much when Amazon announced Alexa+ earlier this year. My Echo devices have been giving me robotic, stilted responses for years now. So what if they slapped some generative AI on it? But after a few weeks with early access on my Echo Show 15 and my other Alexa smart speakers, I was completely off base. No more robotic exchanges. Now it feels like there’s actually something helpful in the room. And controlling multiple smart home devices in one sentence actually works. Plus, I can make custom AI artwork just by talking. Alexa+ has improvements I didn’t know I needed and a few that genuinely impressed me.