Amazon on Wednesday unveiled the first major overhaul of its Alexa voice assistant since its introduction more than a decade ago, embedding it with generative artificial intelligence.

Alexa Plus will start rolling out next month in early access. It's an opt-in service and won't be available to everyone through an over-the-air update in March.

At a swank event for journalists and Amazon employees, the company on Wednesday unveiled its revamped voice assistant, Alexa+. The widely used technology has been bolstered with generative AI, the company has said, to make interacting with it feel more natural than simply repeating orders.