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Using its database of products, pricing history and your Amazon shopping history and preferences, Alexa for Shopping aims to be the "world's best, most personalized AI assistant for shopping." It can help you check prices, get deal alerts and build shopping lists, and even order items for you with just your voice.  During a short-lived event like Prime Day where the deals come thick and fast, it could be useful for cutting through some of the noise and help you nab some bargains. Being hands-off when researching and buying products won't appeal to everyone, though. And it might not actually se

The biggest advantage is convenience. Instead of constantly refreshing deal pages, adding items to your cart or wish lists for later or having to remeber to check on an item, Alexa for Shopping can monitor products and track Amazon prices for you. That should help you spend less time doing some of those manual tasks and, ideally, nab the deals you're looking for as soon as they are available.  If there's a specific item you've been waiting to pull the trigger on, and you know exactly how low you'd want it to go before doing so, then Alexa for Shopping allows you to get alerts or auto-buying se

Just because it's Prime Day doesn't mean everything is at its cheapest price ever, especially given the increasing cost of tech and other consumer products. That's why one of the most useful Alexa for Shopping features is its price history tool. You can view up to a year of pricing history on most products to see what the record-low price is in that time or how much it usually drops around certain times of year.  This can help determine whether a deal is truly worth buying or if it simply looks impressive because of an inflated list price. It's one of the easiest ways to avoid impulse purchase

Amazon said it is able to delivery quickly by using several microsites, which are 5,000-10,000 square feet in size. They are placed in the most optimal spots to effectuate 30-minute deliveries. The half-hour delivery adds to Amazon's other fast shipment options, including 1-hour, 3-hour and same-day delivery options. Amazon also has Prime Air drone delivery for deliveries in less than an hour in nine US cities.  Amazon said it delivered more than 13 billion items globally last year, either by same-day or next-day delivery. Same- or next-day delivery increased 30% for Prime members in the US fr