Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions
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Alexa Plus gaining the ability to route complex instructions across Bosch, Delta, iRobot, Yale, Whirlpool and others is another step toward the home assistant as the de facto orchestration layer. Device makers that don't expose rich, reliable APIs risk becoming invisible commodities behind someone else's voice UX.
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