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Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my life

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Briefings

The author spent a year with Alexa Plus, experiencing both significant emotional impact and frustrating usability issues. The device successfully creates nostalgic photo montages of family members, yet it frequently fails to recognize the user, displaying irrelevant advertisements like a hideous recliner. This behavior highlights a tension between the device's impressive capabilities and its lack of personalization, suggesting it is a smart home tool rather than a life assistant.

Key points

• The author spent a year living with Alexa Plus, experiencing both delight and frustration.
• Alexa Plus successfully creates nostalgic photo montages of family members, such as a toddler with a tennis racket and the author hugging a young man.

Context and limitations

The evidence is limited to a single year of personal experience with the device, which may not reflect long-term reliability or universal usability.

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