• A post on the Amazon Echo subreddit indicates that an Alexa Plus subscription can make unintended changes to Echo devices. • User Setati said that their Echo Show 5 had stopped persistently showing the time on its home screen, instead surfacing news and other content. • Setati says that canceling Alexa Plus removed the unwanted additional content from their Show 5’s screen.

Alexa Plus is Amazon’s new paid digital assistant. Available for $20 per month (or included for free, if you’re a Prime subscriber), Alexa Plus injects extra AI functionality into your Amazon devices, like the ability to engage in more natural conversation-style interactions with Alexa through an Echo device. Turns out, it can also make some unhelpful changes to your Echo Show’s home screen.

In a post on the Ama

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