Amazon plans to give Alexa a 'memory'

Amazon has big plans to make Alexa a much more useful assistant.

Among them: The company plans to add a "memory" feature that will allow its assistant to store information on demand. 

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The upcoming feature will enable Alexa to "store arbitrary information you want and retrieve it later," according to Amazon. It's a bit like reminders, but the information can be stored for an indefinite amount of time.

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