Amazon worked out a solution to one of the most irritating things about Alexa, and it could be critical to maintaining dominance over Google

Amazon's Alexa will soon be able to memorize a question it can't answer and then come back to you once it's fetched an adequate response. The new Answer Updates is being rolled out over the coming days.

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Amazon worked out a solution to one of the most irritating things about Alexa, and it could be critical to maintaining dominance over Google Amazon's Alexa will soon be able to memorize a question it can't answer and then come back to you once it's fetched an adequate response. The new Answer Updates is being rolled out over the coming days. Read More »

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