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# Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists, subscriptions, and update delivery instructions

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Amazon has added more than 100 new shopping-related capabilities to Alexa ahead of the holiday season. The update lets users create lists, add or edit items, manage subscriptions (like changing a delivery from monthly to every three months), update delivery instructions, and ask about Prime or Audible subscriptions and billing or payment issues. Amazon says agentic feature usage has grown 8x since the start of the year, and over 400 million consumers used Alexa for shopping in the last 12 months.

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## Questions this post answers

### What new shopping features did Amazon add to Alexa?

Amazon added more than 100 new shopping-related capabilities to Alexa, including creating and managing shopping lists, adjusting subscription delivery frequency, updating delivery instructions like address or drop-off details, resolving payment issues, and answering questions about Prime or Audible subscriptions and billing.

_Developers tracking how voice assistants add agentic shopping features follow updates like this on daily.dev._

### How many people use Alexa for shopping?

Over 400 million consumers used Alexa for shopping in the last 12 months, according to Amazon. The company also reported that the number of people using agentic features grew 8x since the start of the year.

_Anyone gauging adoption of AI shopping assistants can keep tabs on figures like these via daily.dev._

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