US Edition'Tough Night for Chelsea, Mate' — Amazon Alexa+ Has Arrived in the UK, and It's Got More than Just a British Accent
Amazon offers free early access to Alexa+ in the UK with plans for a £19.99 monthly subscription after, featuring local services and British language customization.
- Amazon is launching Alexa+ in the U.K. with a free Early Access program starting today, but it has not specified when the free period will end, and the service will cost £19.99 per month thereafter.
- Local teams in Cambridge developed Alexa+ using reinforcement learning, accent-neutral speech, and regional embeddings after Amazon first unveiled it in February 2025, aiming to make it 'genuinely British.'
- Alexa+ works on Amazon Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 11, Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, Fire TV, and the Alexa app, integrating OpenTable, JustEat, Treatwell, The Independent, The Guardian, and Ring cameras.
- Users who purchase new Amazon Echo devices will receive Early Access invites, and Amazon plans to enable Alexa+ for hundreds of thousands in the coming weeks, with Prime members getting it included at 8.99.
- Alexa+ already reached one million U.S. users by June, and Amazon plans to extend support to web browser support and other Alexa-enabled devices, though it has not specified when Early Access ends.
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