How To Get Access To Alexa+ For Free Right Now (and Which Echo Devices Support It)

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Alexa+ is now successful early entree pinch gradual description planned.
• You tin subordinate early by signing up aliases buying a compatible Echo.
• A wider rollout is coming, but nary day has been confirmed.

Following nan motorboat of nan caller Amazon devices, you whitethorn beryllium wondering erstwhile you'll beryllium capable to entree Alexa+. 

Amazon announced Alexa+ successful February, a generative AI-powered type of its celebrated virtual adjunct that leverages nan powerfulness of generative artificial intelligence to heighten nan personification experience. Alexa+ is precisely what you whitethorn person envisioned erstwhile you first heard of virtual assistants for illustration Alexa, Siri, and Google, but without nan accompanying disappointment astatine their shortcomings.

Also: Amazon arena 2025 updates: Reactions to Echo, Kindle Scribe, Alexa+, Fire TV, more

The improved sound adjunct tin make responses alternatively of simply repeating what it's been programmed to say. With generative AI, Alexa+ tin prosecute successful much earthy conversations pinch users, alternatively than simply listening to a punctual and responding pinch a predetermined action. 

Also: Amazon conscionable gave Alexa its biggest upgrade since debut - and you'll want an Echo Show for it

It besides supports representation to callback preferences and conversations, maintaining discourse passim a conversation. This allows it to retrieve what you asked astatine nan opening of a chat and respond successful that discourse without you having to say, "Alexa" again.

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How to get early entree to Alexa+

Alexa+ isn't wide disposable yet, but you tin sign up here to get early entree and beryllium notified erstwhile it is disposable connected your Echo devices. If you bargain a compatible Echo device, you'll besides get Alexa+ Early Access erstwhile you group it up.

Echo devices compatible pinch Alexa+

If you already person aliases bargain 1 of nan Echo devices below, aliases their Kids variation, you tin get early entree to Alexa+:

• Echo Show 8 (2025)
• Echo Show 11 (2025)
• Echo Dot Max (2025)
• Echo Studio (2025)
• Echo Show 8 (2023)
• Echo Show 10
• Echo Show 15
• Echo Show 21
• Echo Show 5
• Echo Hub
• Echo Spot
• Echo Dot (2023)
• Echo Pop

Once you person Alexa+ connected 1 of these Echo devices, you tin usage it connected nan remainder of your compatible Echo speakers and devices, nan Alexa app, compatible Fire TVs, and Fire tablets. Online entree done Alexa.com is coming soon.

Echo devices that don't support Alexa+

While nan caller virtual adjunct is compatible pinch astir Echo devices, nan pursuing won't support Amazon's Alexa+, though you'll still beryllium capable to entree nan modular Alexa connected them:

• Echo Dot 1st Gen
• Echo 1st Gen
• Echo Plus 1st Gen
• Echo Show 2nd Gen and older
• Echo Spot 1st Gen
• Echo Buds 1st Gen
• Amazon Tap
• Fire TV Cube 2nd Gen and older
• Fire TV Stick 4K Max 1st Gen
• Fire TV Stick 4K 1st Gen
• Fire TV Stick
• Fire HD 8 Tablet 11th Gen and older
• Fire HD 10 Tablet 12th Gen and older
• Fire Max 11 12th Gen and older
• Amazon Astro (planned for nan future)