That was fast: Amazon’s ‘Alexa thank my driver’ tip program is over

Each night, before I go to bed, I ask the Alexa-enabled Lenovo nightstand clock what the weather will be like. Last night, right after dutifully announcing the weirdly balmy weather, Alexa informed me that I could tip my Amazon driver $5 by saying, ‘Alexa, thank my driver. ‘There are currently about 275,000 Amazon drivers (opens in new tab) delivering more than a billion (opens in new tab) holiday gift-carrying boxes, and making holiday dreams come true for consumers and, of course, Amazon.

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