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Amazon.com Brings Alexa to Brazil, Kicks Off Pre-Orders for Devices


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.com Brings Alexa to Brazil, Kicks Off Pre-Orders for Devices

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.com will launch its virtual assistant Alexa in Brazil starting this month, with plans for three different devices with the software installed, as it rapidly expands operations in ****** America’s largest economy.

The move comes only three weeks after the US e-commerce giant introduced its Prime subscription service to Brazilian consumers, toughening the competition with local retailers by offering unlimited nationwide free shipping and a maximum 48-hour delivery time in over 90 municipalities.

“This is a particularly exciting moment for

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in Brazil,”
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’s international director for Alexa, Michele Butti, told journalists on Wednesday, adding the company has hired a local team to adapt Alexa to Portuguese language.

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is offering discounts in pre-orders for two of the three Alexa devices – Echo Dot and Echo Show 5 – which will also be available in some brick-and-mortar stores of local retailer Fast Shop as of October 8. The third one, called
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Eco, will be available as of November.

Ricardo Garrido, country manager for Alexa in Brazil, added the US giant may consider selling these gadgets in other Brazilian retail chains going forward and also does not rule out potential partnerships with local telecommunications carriers.

Both executives said the company will be importing all three devices from China, but declined to specify volumes or how many

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expected to sell in Brazil.

“We are proud of our products and results are exceeding expectations in other countries, but we are not particularly focussed on sales numbers in the first year or month,” Butti said.

Garrido added that a major concern for

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at the moment is how Brazilian consumers will prefer to use its virtual assistant, since Alexa can also be used in gadgets produced by other manufacturers. Currently, there are approximately 100 million devices connected to Alexa worldwide, according to the company.

Prices for

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’s three gadgets in Brazil vary from BRL 349 to 699 ($84.53-$169.30).





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