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With a fresh infusion of personality, smarts and expertise, a new Alexa − officially, Alexa+ − is about to transform Amazon’s smart home control center from simple command-taker to a perky and ...

Not every model is compatible ...

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Alexa+ is promising a new level of capability for Amazon's virtual assistant, but not necessarily for every Echo device. Some older models might miss out.