Amazon Retires Rufus and Launches Alexa for Shopping as Its Unified AI Assistant (opens in new tab)
Amazon announced on May 13, 2026 that it is retiring the Rufus brand and merging its shopping chatbot with its Alexa+ voice assistant into a single product called Alexa for Shopping. The unified assistant rolls out to all U.S. customers over the coming week across the Amazon Shopping app, Amazon.com, and Echo Show devices, with … The post Amazon Retires Rufus and Launches Alexa for Shopping as Its Unified AI Assistant first appeared on EcomCrew.
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