Alexa+ gets new food ordering experiences with Uber Eats and Grubhub

Amazon has enhanced Alexa+, its next-generation AI assistant, by integrating food ordering capabilities with popular delivery services Uber Eats and Grubhub. This update allows users to place food orders conversationally, mimicking a natural interaction like speaking with a waiter or at a drive-thru. Users can request specific cuisines, explore menus, customize orders, and make real-time changes within a single conversation. To use this feature, customers link their Uber Eats or Grubhub accounts via the Alexa app, enabling automatic syncing of previous orders for easy reordering or discovering new restaurants. The service currently rolls out to Alexa+ users with Echo Show 8 devices and larger. Amazon positions this development as a key step toward more adaptive interaction models, aiming to expand similar conversational features into other domains such as grocery shopping and travel. This upgrade reflects broader trends in AI adoption within the food industry, where fast food chains are experimenting with AI assistants at drive-thrus, despite ongoing challenges with order accuracy. The Alexa+ enhancements come alongside