Amazon May Launch An AI Smartphone Years After Its Fire Phone Failure

You can be forgiven for having forgotten all about Amazon's ill-fated Fire Phone. It released a long time ago and despite an initial flurry of sales, it wasn't all that long after launch that Amazon held a fire sale of its Fire Phone due to underwhelming demand, and vowed there would not be a sequel. Never say never, though, as Amazon is evidently planning to launch another in-house smartphone.

The modern-era smartphone that Amazon is working on is codenamed Transformer and, unsurprisingly, a big focus will be on integrating AI capabilities, according to what several people who are supposedly familiar with Amazon's plans told Reuters.

Those same sources claim Amazon's devices and services team is helping to develop the upcoming smartphone. As currently conceived, it will sync with Amazon's Alexa assistant and give users a personalized mobile experience that ties in with services like Prime ...