Top announcements of the What’s Next with AWS, 2026
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This article summarizes major announcements from AWS's What's Next with AWS 2026 event, focusing on AI agents and business solutions.
- Amazon Quick AI assistant now has desktop app, free/plus pricing, visual asset generation
- Quick expands integrations to Google Workspace, Zoom, Airtable, Dropbox, Microsoft Teams
- Amazon Connect expands into four agentic solutions: Decisions, Talent, Customer, Health
- Connect Decisions uses 30 years Amazon operational science for supply chain planning
- Connect Talent provides AI-led interviews and science-backed candidate assessments
- Connect Customer enables conversational AI setup in weeks without technical expertise
- Connect Health offers patient verification, appointment management, ambient documentation
- OpenAI models GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 coming to Amazon Bedrock in limited preview
- Codex coding agent available on Amazon Bedrock with AWS credential authentication
- Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI for production-ready agent deployment
AWS and OpenAI are deepening integration to deliver frontier AI models on trusted AWS infrastructure, with new agentic solutions across customer service, hiring, supply chain, and healthcare.
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