ICYMI: the Week's 7 Biggest Tech Stories From Alexa+ Leaving Early Access to the Fitbit Founders' a New Health Tracking Platform

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Alexa+ leaving early access to the Fitbit founders' a new health tracking platform

The week's biggets tech news stories from Amazon, Bethesda, Space X, Disney and more for February 7, 2026.

Alexa+ now available to everyone in the US and free for Prime members

Alexa+, Amazon’s next-generation AI assistant powered by generative AI from Amazon Nova and Anthropic, is available to all U.S. customers for $19.99 per month and included at no additional cost for Prime members, with a new free tier that lets non-Prime members try the chat experience via Alexa.com and the Alexa app. After tens of millions of customers joined the Early Access program, Alexa+ has proven to be significantly more capable than the o…

Amazon Makes Alexa+ Available To All US Prime Members With Free Access And New AI Features

Wider Release Across Devices And Pricing Amazon said Alexa+, its generative AI-powered upgrade to the Alexa assistant, is now available to all customers in the United States, with the company making the feature free for Prime members across supported devices. Daniel Rausch, vice president of Alexa and Echo at Amazon, said tens of millions of customers are already using Alexa+ and that Prime members will now receive unlimited access at what he de…