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Commerce & Payments · first seen 06 November 2026, 13:55 UTC

Amazon lets shoppers text Alexa for Shopping to place orders

Puts a mainstream shopping agent into the messaging inbox, a key test of text-based agentic commerce.

Amazon's AI shopping assistant Alexa for Shopping now works over text: a subset of US customers can text it today, with a nationwide rollout in the coming weeks. Replies can include Sponsored Product ads.

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