Inside Amazon’s Plan to Reshape Its Alexa Devices Business

The Alexa+ AI software sits at the center of the gadget ecosystem.Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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Amazon.com Inc. devices chief Panos Panay is adding a premium tier to the next generation of artificially intelligent Alexa gadgets.

The introduction of tonier hardware, which will coexist with lower- and mid-priced products, is a bid to give consumers more choice while generating new excitement for an Alexa franchise that has lost luster in recent years.