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amazon has a new magic wand that uses alexa to help you buy more stuff and it's basically kind of sort of free for Prime members the Amazon - wand is a barcode scanning Wi-Fi stick Amazon first began testing it out in 2014 for the grocery service Amazon fresh you scan a barcode when you're running low amazon puts it in your shopping cart to be delivered in your next order now the new Amazon - wand has Alexa 4 voice commands use it to help you find recipes before you order or just verbally make an order for your favorite item even get it on the same day if you use Prime now so about that basically sort of free part well you need to be a prime subscriber to even buy the wand and Prime cost roughly a hundred dollars a year the wand itself is twenty dollars but once you register the device Amazon's gonna credit your account back that twenty dollars you see this is all a way to hook you in to Amazon fresh you'll get to try Amazon fresh at no charge for three months but afterward it's another fifteen dollars a month for the grocery delivery service the wand may have Alexa but it doesn't have all the skills of an eco smart speaker for example it will not play music but it can answer some questions like converting kitchen measurements or you can ask what the weather is going to be or if you have nothing in your fridge at all you could just ask to find a nearby restaurant I am Bridget Carey and if you want to learn more about all the things Alexa can do head to cnet.com