Amazon lets users text Alexa to shop, after blocking Meta's Muse
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Select US customers get a text inviting them to enable Alexa for Shopping over SMS; it rolls out to "millions more customers" in coming weeks. The agent searches listings, compares products, tracks prices, and orders on the user's behalf, and accepts photos of items.
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