Nilay Patel
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Yeah. Let's put this into practice. Okay. I want to talk about Alexa Plus in great detail now. I think I have a sense of how you got the team to get the product so you could have an event. Yeah. The big announce, the last thing you announced was the pricing. Yeah. And you started with, it was big reveal. Well done. Well played. You said it's $20 a month.
Yeah. Let's put this into practice. Okay. I want to talk about Alexa Plus in great detail now. I think I have a sense of how you got the team to get the product so you could have an event. Yeah. The big announce, the last thing you announced was the pricing. Yeah. And you started with, it was big reveal. Well done. Well played. You said it's $20 a month.
And it's free with Prime. This is a big decision, right? Pricing is like maybe the most important decision.
And it's free with Prime. This is a big decision, right? Pricing is like maybe the most important decision.
And it's free with Prime. This is a big decision, right? Pricing is like maybe the most important decision.
Okay. I will note that Prime- Free with Prime. Prime itself costs $15 a month. You're pricing the service $5 more than Prime.
Okay. I will note that Prime- Free with Prime. Prime itself costs $15 a month. You're pricing the service $5 more than Prime.
Okay. I will note that Prime- Free with Prime. Prime itself costs $15 a month. You're pricing the service $5 more than Prime.
Are you subsidizing Alexa Plus with Prime?
Are you subsidizing Alexa Plus with Prime?
Are you subsidizing Alexa Plus with Prime?
Was this an obvious decision? From day one, this is going to be part of Prime? No. How did you make that call?
Was this an obvious decision? From day one, this is going to be part of Prime? No. How did you make that call?
Was this an obvious decision? From day one, this is going to be part of Prime? No. How did you make that call?
The other piece of that I see, the other way to think about it that I was curious about, you mentioned this, Alexa has distribution, right? You have a huge installed base of devices. This is, I think, the first at-scale non-phone AI product. Yeah, it might be. It might be. I have to think about it. I can't think of any others.
The other piece of that I see, the other way to think about it that I was curious about, you mentioned this, Alexa has distribution, right? You have a huge installed base of devices. This is, I think, the first at-scale non-phone AI product. Yeah, it might be. It might be. I have to think about it. I can't think of any others.
The other piece of that I see, the other way to think about it that I was curious about, you mentioned this, Alexa has distribution, right? You have a huge installed base of devices. This is, I think, the first at-scale non-phone AI product. Yeah, it might be. It might be. I have to think about it. I can't think of any others.
There's Google Assistant, but they haven't launched the way that you've launched this product yet. Gemini isn't doing all this stuff yet.
There's Google Assistant, but they haven't launched the way that you've launched this product yet. Gemini isn't doing all this stuff yet.
There's Google Assistant, but they haven't launched the way that you've launched this product yet. Gemini isn't doing all this stuff yet.