Amazon debuted a more sophisticated version of Alexa on Wednesday that’s more conversational and can handle tasks on your behalf. But in a surprising departure from its usual playbook, the company didn’t announce new Echo devices to go with its revamped digital helper.

The new hardware will go along with Amazon’s AI-upgraded Alexa. Amazon is gearing up to launch new hardware to go along with its AI-upgraded Alexa. During an interview with Bloomberg, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company has a “brand new lineup of devices that are coming in the fall that are beautiful.”

At an event in New York on Wednesday, Amazon announced an upgraded Alexa experience — Alexa+ — powered by generative AI technologies. Onstage, Amazon’s devices and services chief Panos Panay called it a “complete re-architecture” of the AI assistant.

Amazon’s just revealed Alexa+, the new version of the Alexa assistant, but it won’t have all of its cool powers on every Amazon device.

Amazon just announced its new and improved Alexa, which features a more personalized experience with a more human Alexa+.

Amazon's Devices and Services event unveiled the next evolution of Alexa, highlighting how its advanced AI will enhance and drive the company's most popular products.

Alexa+, Amazon’s revamped version of Alexa was unveiled Wednesday, bringing the popular voice assistant into the artificial intelligence era.