Alexa-Plus has been pushed out. I despise the new default voice. It's a combination of vocal fry 🍳 and nasal 👃

[QueerDuck]

3. I knew that was a possibility when it was in "beta" or trial mode...

... people could check it out and then switch back. But since this has been forced on us, I believe this is the new normal.

The trade-off is that the new Alexa is supposed to be slightly smarter and more intuitive and that Alexa Routines can be created verbally rather than the clunky pick-poke-type in the Alexa app.

I'd also heard that the new Alexa will break some complex routines that had been scripted the old way... so it remains to be seen what happens tonight for our "goodnight" routine that dims some lights, turns off other lights, turns on security lights, turns on the Ring alarm and activates our indoor security cameras (which are normally off unless the alarm is set.)