Top Announcements of What's Next with AWS 2026
AWS News Blog, April 27,2026
AWS announces AI assistants and agentic solutions including Amazon Quick, expanded Amazon Connect, and OpenAI model integration.
At the What's Next with AWS 2026 event, AWS leadership and OpenAI announced major AI-powered tools for businesses. Amazon Quick, a new AI assistant, launches with desktop app, free pricing, and integrations with Google Workspace, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Amazon Connect expands into four agentic AI solutions covering supply chains, talent acquisition, customer experience, and healthcare. AWS and OpenAI deepened their partnership by bringing GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 models to Amazon Bedrock, launching Codex coding agent access, and introducing Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents for building production-ready AI applications on AWS infrastructure.