Few people are actually using Amazon’s Alexa to shop on Amazon
British consumers are buying technology with embedded voice assistants and asking it do things like … help them boil an egg. That’s one of the …
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Forget Siri – you can run Amazon’s Alexa on your Apple Watch right now
Apple is bringing several new features to Siri in iOS 12, but that doesn’t mean Siri will become the most popular voice assistant in town. …
Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant reportedly joining Cortana on Xbox One
Though many Xbox One owners had already moved on from Kinect by the time it become obsolete, Microsoft never introduced a genuine alternative to take …
How to delete everything Alexa ever recorded in your house
A story last week revealed something that should have been obvious from the very moment that Amazon released the first Echo: Putting a cloud-connected always-recording …
How to check if Alexa or Google Assistant is secretly recording you
Last week, we learned a little more about the very human flaws of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant. One couple in Portland, OR, discovered that their …
Amazon Alexa recording ‘bug’ shows how little we actually know about our smart home gadgets
Yesterday, the news cycle worked overtime to first bring us the story of how an Amazon Echo secretly sent recordings of a couple’s conversations to …
Google just dethroned Amazon in the smart speaker wars
Amazon invented the market for smart speakers when it first launched the Echo, and unsurprisingly, it has dominated the market ever since. Even the HomePod, …
Amazon might have a serious Alexa problem on its hands
News broke out earlier this week that Amazon’s Alexa assistant recorded a private conversation between two people and then sent that recording to a third …
Anyone can use Amazon’s new Alexa Blueprints to create custom skills for Echo
Just hours after announcing that Amazon Prime has surpassed 100 million members, the e-commerce giant revealed a new way for Alexa users to build their …
Alexa’s newest trick will turn all of your Amazon Echo devices into intercoms
Tired of yelling down the hall or up the stairs for everyone to come down and eat dinner? Looking to give your voice a well-deserved …
Alexa’s new Brief Mode will make your Amazon Echo far less talkative
If you’re tired of Alexa chiming in with a verbal confirmation every time you ask her to do something for you, you’re going to want …
Jimmy Kimmel explains Amazon Alexa’s creepy, hysterical laughing problem
Amazon’s voice assistant that’s built into Echo devices and other smart electronics from other vendors misbehaved at least a couple of times recently. After going …
Yes, Alexa is creepily laughing at you, but Amazon says a fix is coming
In what sounds like the beginning of an especially creepy episode of Black Mirror, Amazon Echo owners have begun to report that Alexa is laughing …
Amazon’s Alexa is down for everyone right now
Amazon’s Alexa AI assistant is down for countless users this morning. While the company has yet to issue any kind of official notice or response, …
Amazon Echo and Google Home benefited from Apple’s HomePod delay
Apple’s HomePod was supposed to launch this December, perfectly timed to take advantage of the busy shopping period leading up to Christmas. But in what’s …
Watch a parrot troll Amazon’s Alexa and wonder how long you could put up with it
As humans, we sure do love our pets. Whether it’s a fluffy little gerbil or a dog so big it can snag a plate off …
The Sonos One is a $199 smart speaker with Alexa built in
After months of gentle teasing, Sonos’s long-awaited smart speaker is finally here. The Sonos One is a $199 smart version of Sonos’s existing Play:1 speaker, …
Amazon’s next Alexa product? Smartphone-connected glasses for a phone it doesn’t have
Who would have thought that Amazon would have a chance of dominating the ecosystem of smart devices after the massive Fire Phone failure from a …
Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant can be controlled silently, without you even realizing it
The smarter our gadgets become, the more likely hackers will try to exploit them at any cost. With virtual assistants being all the rage these …
Amazon is on a hiring spree to keep Alexa on top
Amazon is the unexpected early winner of the digital assistants, as Alexa is available not only on the increasing number of distinct Echo smart speakers, …
Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana team up to take on Google
The voice assistant business is about to get even more interesting, as Amazon and Microsoft announced a partnership that will see Alexa and Cortana playing …
Facebook wants to build a video chat tablet for your grandparents, report claims
Amazon’s Echo lineup got a huge new addition in June with the launch of the Echo Show, a smart speaker married to a touchscreen and …
You can install Amazon’s Echo Dot in a car for a ‘truly hands-free experience’
Amazon is clearly winning the home speaker war right now, as the Alexa assistant is available on so many popular devices, most of which are …
Best Buy wants to help you decide which voice assistant your home needs
Intelligent voice-activated assistants for the home are in fashion right now, but how do you choose the right one if you’re not that tech-savvy? Do …
The inside story of how Apple’s Siri lost its lead over rivals
Siri may have been the first virtual assistant, but Apple failed to turn it into a leader. Google came out with Google Now and then …
Controlling pay TV with Alexa might be the best reason to keep pay TV
The pay TV market has clearly seen better days. Subscriber counts continue to drop across the board as television service providers struggle to convince customers …
Watch Google Home crush Alexa and Siri in an epic accent head-to-head
With yesterday’s announcement of a suite of new Google Home features — including voice calls and music streaming support — Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant …
You can’t stop people from calling you on your Amazon Echo
Earlier this week, Amazon announced the Echo Show — the first Echo device with a touchscreen display. Alongside that announcement, Amazon revealed that voice calling …
Ads will soon invade the Amazon Echo
If you assumed that ads on smart speakers were an inevitability, VoiceLabs is here to exonerate you. On Thursday, voice analytics company VoiceLabs announced that …
Amazon’s Fire phone was a failure, so it’s turning every Echo speaker into a phone
Today, Amazon unveiled its thoroughly-leaked Echo Show, a $230 touchscreen Echo with streaming video for new and entertainment, which also happens to make video calls. …
