Articles about voice assistant

Report: Amazon is namely to blame as parents stop naming kids Alexa

“Alexa, STOP!” How many times have you shouted that after unintentionally waking a voice-enabled Amazon device? Now imagine being the… Read More

Amazon launches ‘Alexa for Residential’ to help property managers add voice to smart apartments

Amazon is launching a new service for property managers called “Alexa for Residential” that makes it easier to deploy and… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa hands off to Pete Carroll so the Seahawks coach can share his nuggets of wisdom

You don’t have to be in the Seattle Seahawks locker room or on the sidelines to get motivated by Pete… Read More

Alexa helps players navigate sci-fi world in first 3 episodes of Amazon audio adventure ‘Starfinder’

Alexa is in the game. Amazon’s voice assistant joins a high-profile voice cast in the release today of the first… Read More

Be cool, Alexa … actor Samuel L. Jackson now voices the weather and more for Amazon

“I’m in the cloud, baby!” Only Samuel L. Jackson, the longtime Hollywood star with a distinct voice and vocabulary, could… Read More

Alexa, why so emotional? Because Amazon has created realistic new voice tones for its assistant

If you’ve ever felt like Amazon’s Alexa was using the wrong tone with you, well, there was really no point… Read More

Oh, Christmas tree, even you are turned on by Amazon and Alexa … and it might be pretty cool

Forget the WAR ON CHRISTMAS and whatever color the Starbucks holiday cup is this year. Big tech is coming for… Read More

Alexa, who’s laughing now? Five years after debut, Amazon’s voice assistant defies early critics

If you woke up this morning and said anything to Amazon’s Alexa, hopefully “happy birthday” was in there somewhere, as… Read More

We swear, using Samuel L. Jackson to voice Alexa is Amazon’s best new idea

It’s been 30 years since Samuel L. Jackson gave the weather report as a DJ in Spike Lee’s “Do the… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa bumps Bieber and sings duet with pop star Ed Sheeran on new single ‘I Don’t Care’

Bye bye, Bieber. Take it away, Alexa? Amazon’s voice assistant has demonstrated her singing chops in the past, but this… Read More

Amazon is reportedly building a wellness device that senses emotions in your voice

Amazon is reportedly working on a health and wellness device that is worn on the wrist and can read human… Read More

The world’s first e-bike with Amazon’s Alexa built in

LAS VEGAS — The first ever electric bicycle with Amazon’s digital assistant built in made its public debut at CES… Read More

I got my parents an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas and here’s how they’re getting along with Alexa

I spend a lot of time talking to my parents about the shows they’re watching on TV or the films… Read More

‘Not your father’s Big Mouth Billy Bass’: Amazon’s Alexa now comes out of the novelty fish’s lips

Hoo boy, look what we done caught in the inter-net. Big Mouth Billy Bass, the flopping, singing, plastic sensation mounted… Read More

Stormy Daniels, Santa and marijuana: Amazon cleans up Alexa’s answers to certain kid questions

We know kids have always said the darndest things, but in 2018, with the growing ubiquity of voice assistants in… Read More

TLDR: Alexa-Cortana integrations now available, thousands block Fortune 500 companies on Twitter, T-Mobile wants to fix customer service

Today’s featured stories Microsoft and Amazon begin public rollout of first Alexa-Cortana integrations, promise more to come Cortana meets Alexa,… Read More

Hey, roomie, I’m Alexa: Saint Louis University putting 2,300 Amazon Echo Dots in student housing

Students headed back to school at one university this fall will be getting to know a new kind of roommate… Read More

TLDR: A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa, Spin’s uncertain future in Seattle, fighting robots at Seattle Art Fair

Today’s featured stories A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa? Amazon shows off ‘home of the future’ and what’s next for voice AI… Read More

A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa? Amazon shows off ‘home of the future’ and what’s next for voice AI

Inside its corporate headquarters in Seattle, Amazon provided NBC’s “Today” show with an exclusive look behind closed doors at the… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft agrees to buy GitHub, tech for women’s safety, Alexa & Google Assistant coming to Xbox

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Tech giant Baidu chasing AI innovation with new products that utilize ‘the Alexa of China’

LAS VEGAS — Harnessing the power of data generated by a population of 1.38 billion people — 1.1 billion of… Read More

Alexa, with the help of Amazon a cappella group, will ring in new year with classic ‘Auld Lang Syne’

If you count Amazon’s Alexa among your closest friends from the past year, why not invite her to ring in… Read More

New Alexa skill aims to cut food waste by offering storage advice and tips on what’s still OK to eat

You can order takeout or learn how to prepare a meal with the help of Amazon’s Alexa, but what about… Read More

Can’t get technology off your mind? Amazon’s Alexa is no help as she sings about her place in the world

If you were sitting at your desk just wishing you had a new ear worm you couldn’t shake, you should… Read More

‘Alexa, I’m ready to walk’: Robotics company using Amazon’s AI to help control exoskeleton

It’s one thing to be wowed by Amazon’s Alexa and her ability to turn off Katy Perry, or turn on… Read More

Amazon Alexa and Google Home at Best Buy

Best Buy introducing Amazon Alexa and Google Home experiences to 700 U.S. stores

There’s going to be a lot of chatter about and with voice-activated assistants in Best Buy stores thanks to new Amazon… 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

Amazon patent shows how Alexa-powered devices could turn into extension phones

We’ve known for weeks that Amazon has been working on ways to give Alexa-powered, voice-controlled devices the ability to make… Read More

How Amazon teaches Alexa, and what it hopes the virtual assistant will learn someday

Days after Amazon announced that it was bringing its Alexa to its iOS Amazon app, Amazon senior principal scientist Nikko… Read More