Articles about Alexa – Page 10 of 15

Amazon brings the boom to Bellevue: Here are the teams expanding into the tech giant’s big new office

Amazon is staffing up its big new Bellevue, Wash. office building, which looks ready for the coming deluge of badge-wearing,… Read More

Amazon adds Echo pairing integration to Fire TV for hands-free voice control

Fire TV owners can now control the streaming device without touching a remote. Amazon today rolled out a new feature… Read More

Amazon says it’s ‘stepping up investment’ to grow business amid backlash over earnings miss

Amazon’s stock is down again today, after the online retail giant reported its biggest profit miss in years. Amazon posted a… Read More

Seattle startup debuts Alexa skill that helps hotel guests and staff call for help in emergencies

There are countless emergency situations — from cardiac arrest to a suspected intruder — which can make it difficult to… Read More

Ex-Amazon and Microsoft employees launching business-focused digital assistant ‘Roxy’

As veterans of Amazon and Microsoft, the co-founders of Seattle startup Roxy saw exactly what voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa… Read More

Report: Amazon secretly acquired a Santa Barbara search startup to bolster Alexa

Amazon reportedly acquired Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Graphiq back in May, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Times, citing “four sources familiar… Read More

Sears starts selling Kenmore line on Amazon for the first time, with Alexa-enabled smart appliances

One of the oldest brick-and-mortar operations in the country is finally ready to do business with the company that disrupted… Read More

Dream the accessible dream: Developer pushes the boundaries of innovation in pursuit of independence

While you’re asking your virtual assistant some banal question — “Siri, what time is it?” “Alexa, what’s the name of… Read More

Amazon Alexa and Echo chief Mike George is leaving after nearly two decades with the company

Mike George, the Amazon vice president who oversaw two of the company’s most successful products — the Alexa virtual assistant… Read More

‘Alexa, change the channel’: Amazon Echo speakers can now control some smart TVs

Amazon just released a new capability for its digital brain Alexa that is sure to delight chronic TV remote misplacers.… Read More

Amazon Echo devices are top Prime Day sellers, doubling last year’s total in the U.S.

Alexa-powered devices are flying off the virtual shelves during Amazon’s supersized Prime Day shopping event. Amazon said it has already… Read More

Amazon discounts $20 off Prime membership as part of exclusive Alexa-powered Prime Day deals

Amazon is once again offering up exclusive Prime Day deals to owners of an Alexa-powered device. Starting today, Amazon will… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa passes 15,000 voice skills, more than doubling since beginning of the year

As more and more companies get into the smart speaker game, a new report shows just how much ground they… Read More

Report: Top Amazon rival Alibaba is about to launch an Echo competitor

Alibaba, the China-based e-commerce giant determined to go toe-to-toe with Amazon, is coming out with its answer to the Echo… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: Amazon Echo Show unboxing and first impressions

Amazon shipped the new Echo Show this week, a $230 device featuring the company’s Alexa voice-enabled assistant PLUS a touch… Read More

Recipes via robot: As voice technology shakes up cooking, Allrecipes adapts with help from Amazon

If your grandmother was anything like mine — at home in the kitchen with a recipe box full of hand-written… Read More

Coding Dojo partners with Amazon to teach 1,500 developers how to build skills for Alexa

Developer bootcamp Coding Dojo is planning 30 Amazon Alexa Skills Workshops for at least 1,500 developers by the end of… Read More

Amazon slashes price of Echo smart speaker to $130, matching Google Home speaker for one day only

Amazon has cut the price of its Echo smart speaker to $129.99, the same price as the Google Home speaker,… Read More

Amazon says Echo Show will connect to Nest, Ring and other security cameras via Alexa

Amazon this morning is announcing the first home-monitoring and security cameras that will be compatible with the new $230 Echo… Read More

Amazon unveils $20 Dash Wand with Alexa for voice-enabled grocery ordering and home controls

Amazon just introduced a new Alexa device: a $20 version of its Amazon Dash Wand with the voice-enabled smart assistant… Read More

Amazon rolls out contact blocking for Alexa voice-calling feature

Amazon is rolling out an update to its Alexa app that lets users of its voice-calling feature block specific people… Read More

Apple unveils $349 HomePod smart speaker, competing with Amazon Echo and Google Home

Apple today unveiled its own voice-activated smart home speaker, the HomePod. Set to begin shipping in December, the speaker is… Read More

Nina, meet Alexa: Nuance brings its enterprise assistant to Amazon’s voice-integrated devices

Thanks, Alexa, you’ve been a big help, but we’ve got some questions for Nina now. The enterprise virtual assistant from Nuance… Read More

Paul Allen’s AI group built a voice search for Alexa skills, but Amazon rejected it

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa is very skillful, now at more than 12,000 third-party capabilities, but it can sometimes be difficult… Read More

Dish DVRs get Amazon Alexa integration for TV voice control via Echo devices

The days of frantically searching for a lost TV remote may soon be coming to an end, at least for… Read More

Alexa at the ballpark: Testing Amazon Echo inside a Seattle Mariners suite at Safeco Field

Amazon’s voice technology has made its way into Major League Baseball. Earlier this month, the Seattle Mariners became the first… Read More

Amazon starts taking pre-orders for first Alexa-enabled 4K TVs

Amazon is now taking orders for the first Ultra High Definition (UHD) televisions that run on the Fire TV operating… Read More

Amazon adding opt-in Alexa notifications: Echo will chime and pulse green when info is waiting

Alexa is about to get more assertive. Amazon is adding notifications to its voice-enabled assistant, allowing users to choose to… Read More

Amazon says caller blocking for Alexa/Echo is coming, amid customer complaints

Some early adopters of Amazon’s new Alexa voice-calling feature for the company’s Echo devices have been surprised to find that they can’t keep specific… Read More

Podcast

The Week in Geek: A historic Echo-to-Echo call, a new direction for Windows, and tech’s ‘megalopolis’

Alexa, Amazon’s artificial intelligence assistant, is getting smarter by the day. Her most recent trick is pretty impressive: users can now… Read More