Amazon has started automatically upgrading Prime members to Alexa Plus
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Amazon is automatically upgrading Prime members to Alexa Plus, a new LLM-powered version of Alexa. Users can revert to the original Alexa by voice command, but the update is not opt-in.
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Over the past couple of weeks, users on the r/alexa subreddit have reported getting automatically upgraded to Alexa Plus as a perk for their Prime memberships. The update doesn't appear to be opt-in, but there's an option to roll it back.
Screenshots of a message from Amazon sent to users state that, "After your device updates, you can still revert to the original Alexa by saying, 'Alexa, exit Alexa+.'"
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