Amazon announced new integrations for Alexa+ with Expedia, Yelp, Angi, and Square, allowing users to discover and book services directly through voice commands starting in 2026. The partnerships aim to transform the assistant from a passive information retriever into an active agent capable of executing complex transactions, such as finalizing hotel reservations or scheduling appointments with wellness providers.
Daniel Rausch, VP of Alexa and Echo, said:
“We understand that a truly useful personal assistant needs to connect with services that customers rely on every day. Every new integration we add brings Alexa+ closer to handling more of life’s everyday tasks, changing how customers interact, discover, and book services. We can't wait for customers to experience these new capabilities and are excited to continue adding even more.”
Here's what the new integrations will offer:
- Expedia will give travelers the ability to discover hotels and vacation rental options that meet their needs, as well as make reservations and manage their bookings. Realistically I'm going to need to see photos of the hotel I'm about to book, but perhaps the integration with Expedia can help me do some of that initial research via voice while washing dishes.
- Integrations with Angi and Yelp will expand the number of home services available to customers through Alexa+, enabling them to search, find, and request quotes from local vendors.
- Lastly the Square integration will allow customers to discover local beauty and wellness providers in Square’s network, including spas, hair and nail salons, and barbershops, and then subsequently make, manage, and reschedule appointments with Alexa.
I'm personally not ready to do all of those things start to finish exclusively via voice conversations, but I do like the idea of starting my research via voice, narrowing down my criteria, and then giving the options a final review on my laptop or mobile device before moving forward with a booking — which is possible with Alexa, given that the assistant can access and continue past chats across devices.
As you might recall, Alexa has been able to trigger things like Uber rides, restaurant reservations, and orders through third party skills going back as far as 2015, but those actions worked as separate skills you had to enable and use explicitly. They weren’t deeply conversational, meaning Alexa would relay the request to the partner API after you invoked the specific skill.
Whereas now, these new Alexa+ integrations can handle discovery and booking inside a single conversation, instead of handing users off to individual partner skills. This is a more advanced, contextual, generative experience compared with its classic skills from a decade ago.