Amazon reportedly expanding chip design efforts, aiming at Echo, cameras, and AI Amazon has been designing its own chips for a few years, ever since acquiring Annapurna Labs in 2016, but it… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa can now send SMS text messages to smartphones via voice command Amazon’s digital brain, Alexa, can already make calls and now she can send text messages too. Users can now ask Alexa to… Read More
New data: Google Home faring better against Amazon Echo, grabbing 40% of U.S. holiday sales Google’s push to compete with Amazon Echo in the home is starting to pay off with increased market share, according… Read More
Amazon’s epic year: 5 biggest storylines from 2017, and what to watch in 2018 2017 has been the year of Amazon. On a Friday morning in June, the world woke up to the shocking… Read More
Podcast Geared Up Podcast: T-Mobile’s TV plans explained, and hands-on with the Muse in-car Alexa device T-Mobile is making a big splash in the wireless industry, but it seems like that’s just the beginning. On this… Read More
Podcast Geared Up Podcast: How Apple could use Shazam’s technology after reported $400M acquisition Apple just made its biggest acquisition since it bought Beats for $3 billion in 2014. The tech giant is now… Read More
Amazon Echo is now a clock radio with new Alexa musical alarm feature Amazon today introduced a new feature for its Alexa-powered catalog of devices: musical alarms that essentially turn the smart speakers… Read More
An Echo in every conference room: Amazon Web Services confirms Alexa for Business If you’ve even been in a meeting at work that gets derailed by clumsy conference calling software or complicated presentation… Read More
Alexa, eh? Amazon’s digital brain, Echo devices and Prime Music come to Canada Amazon is taking Alexa north of the border. The retail giant said today that Amazon’s digital brain, as well as… Read More
An Echo on every counter and a Google Home on every nightstand? Study says 55% of U.S. will own a smart speaker by 2022 A new study sheds some light on why tech companies across the world are in the midst of a digital… Read More
Amazon leads smart speaker race with 20M devices sold, study claims, but Google is gaining ground Amazon is leading the way in the smart home automation market — thanks to its growing line of Alexa-powered devices… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa joins Kenny G and Santa on red carpet to power ‘Bad Moms Christmas’ premiere Alexa is officially a star. With a turn on the red carpet for a real live Hollywood movie premiere, Amazon’s… Read More
Google releases new family-friendly features for its digital assistant as it battles Amazon’s Alexa Google has opened up a new front in its battle against Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa: kids and families. Google today… Read More
How Amazon’s Alexa overcame doubters — even within the project team — to conquer the voice speaker market Alexa has been a hit, helping Amazon capture an early lead in the voice-activated speaker market through the Echo and… Read More
GeekWire Summit Live: WA state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, head of Alexa and Echo devices Toni Reid and more Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson became the central face in the battle against President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. Longtime… Read More
Study: Amazon Echo owners love the iPhone, while Google Home keeps it in the Android family Amazon Echo owners are more likely to be iPhone and iPad fans, while owners of the Google Home smart speaker… Read More
Podcast Geared Up Podcast: Our take on Amazon’s new Echo devices, and which ones will succeed Amazon announced an ambitious slate of new Echo devices this week, ranging from a new “Echo Plus” to a $20 pack… Read More
Is there an Echo in here? Yes, several! Here’s everything Amazon announced today Amazon just put out a flurry of new Alexa-powered devices and services, as the company continues to find new ways… Read More
Hey, Odessa, does the new Amazon Echo look a bit like that one from ‘Saturday Night Live’? The revamped Echo from Amazon, unveiled Wednesday in Seattle, comes with improved sound, a lower price and a new design.… Read More
5,000 people are working to make Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa smarter, with more to come Amazon said Wednesday at an event unveiling the next generation Echo device that it has the equivalent of a small town… Read More
Amazon has 76% smart home speaker U.S. market share as Echo unit sales reach 15M, new study finds Amazon still has a tight grip on the U.S., home smart speaker market. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) published a… Read More
Whole Foods offers Amazon Echo as ‘Farm Fresh Pick of the Season’ as tech giant takes over upscale grocer A display of Alexa-powered products such as the Echo and Echo Dot popped up at a Whole Foods Market in… 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’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
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
There is a 79-foot-tall Amazon Echo replica in New York City’s Times Square — here’s why Amazon is known for being secretive about its plans, but when it wants to make an impression it knows how… Read More
Smart home startup Kirio’s first product works with pretty much any device, including the kitchen sink Seattle area smart home startup Kirio just released its first product, and it aims to take home automation to a new… Read More
Seattle-area homebuilder now including smart home tech packages standard in all future projects It wasn’t long ago that smart home technology — such as connected lighting and thermostats — was a luxury only… 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
