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Alexa for Shopping is Amazon's AI-powered shopping assistant, built into the Amazon Shopping app and available on Echo Show devices and via Amazon.com. It can help you discover products, compare prices, track deals and answer shopping-related questions. Ahead of Prime Day, Amazon has introduced several new Alexa for Shopping features aimed at helping you prepare for the sale and navigate deals once the event begins. 

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

Alexa for Shopping is going to be able to get the latest Amazon prices because Alexa is tied in to Amazon. So, theoretically, as soon as a price drops on Amazon, Alexa for Shopping should know about it and be able to take action. However, there's more to shopping online than just seeing the price at Amazon.com: In-cart discounts and extra coupons can complicate matters at Amazon, and there's a vast array of alternate options for the same or similar products across Amazon and all the other major retailers.  Alexa for Shopping is designed to help you more seamlessly buy things on Amazon, so it's

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