Amazon is hosting an Alexa-focused press event in NYC on Wednesday. Considering the company hasn't held a major device presser in nearly two years — the

Voice assistant Alexa is expected to get a major artificial intelligence upgrade from Amazon tomorrow, and it could change how we interact with this popular piece of smart home tech. Amazon is hosting an event in New York on Feb.

Amazon's February Devices event will kick off at 10 am ET on Wednesday, February 25 in New York. As with most of its events, it will not be live-streamed, but Tom's Guide will be live-blogging the event. According to the invite, Amazon SVP Panos Panay and the Amazon Devices & Services team will be on hand.

The new version of the voice assistant Alexa is expected to engage in more natural conversations, with improved contextual awareness

Amazon is hosting a devices and services event on February 26, and we expect the company to launch its new, smarter Alexa assistant. New Echo hardware might also be on the agenda. Check out all our coverage here! Engadget will be liveblogging the event, and you can get up-to-date coverage of the news as it happens.

Amazon always has new hardware to show off at its device events, and while I don’t expect a firehose of new products—after all, Amazon has recently debuted new Kindles and Fire TV models as well the humongous Echo Show 21 and a second-generation Echo Show 15. Nonetheless, there are some other Echo devices overdue for updates.