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Amazon’s Alexa can now pay credit card bills with Capital One integration

Alexa’s skill set is always growing, and while many of her newest talents make your home smarter, Amazon’s voice-enabled virtual… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa to add Nest thermostat support as smart home ambitions expand

Amazon’s Alexa is taking another step toward cementing herself as the brain of tomorrow’s smart home. Alphabet-owned Nest announced today… Read More

Amazon unveils ‘Echo Dot’ and ‘Amazon Tap’ devices, expanding lineup of Alexa-enabled hardware

Amazon’s Echo, the AI-enabled Bluetooth speaker that has been a surprising hardware success, is getting two new siblings, the company announced today.The devices extend… Read More

Amazon recruiting heavily for Echo and Alexa engineers, hosts big invite-only event to find talent

Amazon is betting big on Alexa. That much was evident Thursday night inside the company’s newest skyscraper in Seattle, where more than… Read More

Outrageous Amazon Review of the Week: The man in a serious relationship…with Alexa

Artificial intelligence is upon us, and like many technological advances, we can’t help but respond with fear, think pieces, and… Read More

Amazon Echo can now play music from Spotify for premium users

Spotify users that pay for a $10 per month premium account can now listen to their music through the Amazon Echo.… Read More

Amazon brings Alexa to older Fire TVs with software update

Alexa on the Fire TV seemed like an obvious extension for Amazon’s AI assistant when rumors first broke out back in… Read More

‘Alexa, order me a pizza.’ Amazon Echo adds Dominos ordering in time for the Super Bowl

When you think Dominos, high-tech probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But the pizza chain’s quest to… Read More

Amazon brings personalized sports updates, movie theater details to Echo

Updates to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant are coming in thick and fast, with Jeopardy! showing up on the Echo smart… Read More

Portable Amazon Echo device in the works, letting users take Alexa anywhere

Amazon is working on a smaller version of its smart Bluetooth speaker, according to a report from the Wall Street… Read More

‘Jeopardy!’ comes to the Amazon Echo with new update — at least in theory

What is…a stellar smart speaker that still has a few issues? Sure, the Amazon Echo can control your smarthome and will… Read More

Ford meets Amazon: Automaker to integrate Echo and Alexa with SYNC, linking cars to homes

Ford says it’s working to connect its SYNC in-car technology platform with Amazon’s Echo smart speaker and Alexa virtual assistant… Read More

Amazon Echo may not use the Force, but Alexa can throw down some fun Star Wars knowledge

Star Wars hype is all around us, and even our digital assistants are getting in on the action. Amazon added some… Read More

Amazon Echo gets customizable voice commands thanks to deeper IFTTT integration

While Amazon’s Echo can tell you about traffic and control your smart-home devices, users haven’t had much ability to develop… Read More

One year after Amazon introduced Echo, half a million people have told Alexa, ‘I love you’

Amazon introduced the Echo one year ago this month, and since then the smart Bluetooth speaker has become one of Amazon’s most-loved… Read More

Amazon Echo coming to traditional retail stores in new smart-home push

Amazon’s strategy to bring its intelligent home speaker to market has been a little … different. The Echo was first introduced in… Read More

Let Alexa choose your lunch: Yelp integration comes to Amazon Echo

Amazon’s smart assistant is getting to know your neighborhood. Amazon has added Yelp results to Alexa’s answers so you can now ask your… Read More

Review: Amazon’s 4K Fire TV is blazing fast, but Alexa on the big screen is a letdown

We’re spoiled with artificially intelligent companions today. It started with our phones, which were once used for talking to others… Read More

Amazon unveils seven new devices, including $50 tablet and new Fire TV with Alexa and 4K video

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon invited a small group of reporters to a perfectly staged house in San Francisco this week… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa coming to Fire TV? Site points to ‘overwhelming evidence’ in Fire OS source code

The Fire TV isn’t dead, but its brains may be getting updated with Amazon’s Alexa, the virtual assistent first introduced… Read More

Amazon makes Echo’s Alexa available to developers and device makers, launches $100M fund

The brain behind Amazon’s Echo, Alexa, is breaking out of her cylindrical cage. The retail giant today announced the availability… Read More

Amazon updates Echo with support for Pandora, baseball scores

Amazon’s Echo virtual-assistant-in-a-speaker received a small update today that improves the service for sports fans and music fans. People who… Read More

‘Alexa, show me the money!’ Amazon updates Echo to deliver famous movie retorts

Amazon’s Echo team is having lots of fun with the ability to regularly update the intelligent, talking home speaker. Just… Read More

Amazon Echo adds voice controls for Spotify, iTunes and Pandora, plus new ‘Simon Says’ feature

Amazon just added a pair of new features to its Echo intelligent talking speaker, providing voice controls for three third-party music services, and… Read More