Amazon Launches 'Quick' AI Desktop Agent With Local File Access at What's Next with AWS 2026
At Amazon’s “What’s Next with AWS” event in San Francisco on April 28, AWS CEO Matt Garman and company took the wraps off the Amazon Quick desktop app — an AI work agent that connects directly to your local files, email, calendar, and business applications without requiring a browser. Amazon Quick isn’t new as a concept, but the desktop app represents a significant evolution: moving from a web-based assistant to a resident desktop agent that can see and interact with what’s on your machine. ...