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Alexa

Alexa in a drone: Amazon wins patent for voice-controlled ‘unmanned aerial vehicle assistant’

Amazon is working on adding an Alexa-like digital brain that can control drones small enough to fit in someone’s pocket… Read More

How people are using the Amazon Echo: New study reveals surprising patterns

Amazon’s Echo product line has been called the “accidental winner” of the smart-home speaker market, but it’s more accurate to… Read More

Third-party Amazon Alexa-enabled devices get key ‘wake word’ capability thanks to Seattle startup

Amazon makes it easy to create new “skills” for its Alexa voice-command system that work on its own devices, with step-by-step tutorials… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to cook a steak using ChefSteps’ Joule sous vide device

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa is learning to cook the perfect steak. Seattle cooking startup ChefSteps unveiled at the GeekWire Summit 2016 a… Read More

Google unveils new Pixel smartphone, Daydream mobile VR platform and Amazon Echo competitor Google Home

Google today unveiled a huge new catalog of devices it plans to release in the coming months: a new smartphone, a virtual-reality… Read More

Watch out, Amazon: Google set to launch Echo competitor at event Tuesday

Google is poised to launch its Amazon Echo challenger at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, according to reports from… Read More

Amazon’s $2.5M ‘Alexa Prize’ seeks chatbot that can converse intelligently for 20 minutes

Amazon will award up to $2.5 million in prizes and sponsorships in a new annual competition called the “Alexa Prize”— challenging university students… Read More

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick comes with Alexa remote that can find TV shows, give news updates and order a pizza

Next month, Amazon will release the newest version of the Fire TV Stick, complete with an Alexa-powered remote for $39.99.… Read More

Amazon Alexa Fund leads $5.6M investment in touchscreen intercom builder Nucleus

Amazon’s $100 million Alexa Fund has made its latest investment: leading a $5.6 million round in a company called Nucleus… Read More

Analysts: Amazon stock could hit $1,000/share with Alexa possibly becoming a ‘fourth pillar’

A pair of Wall Street analysts are high on Amazon, and they project the company’s stock may soon exceed $1,000… Read More

Amazon Alexa in every room? New $50 Echo Dot comes in a 12-pack for $500

Amazon this morning unveiled a new version of its Echo Dot smart speaker — upgrading the hardware design, dropping the price to… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa tops 3,000 skills, can now read tweets and soon fantasy football scores

 If only we could all learn as many skills as quickly as Alexa. The digital brain behind Amazon’s Echo and Dot… Read More

Talk to the fridge: GE links appliances to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant to enable voice controls

The home of tomorrow, full of automated gadgets controlled by an AI housemaid, is not as far fetched as we once thought. From Amazon’s… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant coming to Fire tablets, expanding beyond Echo and Fire TV

Amazon’s Alexa is coming to its Fire tablets, giving users quick access to the voice-enabled virtual assistant, and positioning the company to… Read More

Amazon expands Alexa on Fire TV to search across more apps, including Netflix

Amazon Tuesday announced another wave of updates to its Fire TV platform, with an emphasis on improving integration of the… Read More

Alexa on PCs: Amazon in talks with Lenovo to put virtual assistant on computers

Alexa could be coming to a PC near you. CNET reported Thursday that Lenovo is in talks with Amazon to… Read More

Look out, Alexa? HP’s new tabletop PC, featuring Microsoft Cortana, doubles as smart home speaker

This is not your beige box under the desk. HP is moving its PC business into the smart home speaker market with the Windows… Read More

‘Alexa, turn on everything:’ This $3M house runs on Amazon and Samsung smart home technology

From the outside, this house looks just like its neighbors in the sprawling hills of south Bellevue, Wash. Million-dollar views… Read More

Amazon’s auto ambitions: How long until people can buy cars through the e-commerce giant?

The recent announcement of Amazon’s new Vehicles automotive research feature left many — including our newsroom here at GeekWire — wondering when… Read More

Lowe’s integrates Amazon Alexa into its smart home hub to control lights, temperature with voice commands

Lowe’s is the latest company to take advantage of Alexa, the digital brain that powers Amazon Echo. The home improvement… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa Fund awards biggest investment yet, joining in $35M round for smart thermostat maker ecobee

Smart thermostat maker ecobee Thursday announced it has closed a funding round totaling $35 million from Amazon’s Alexa Fund, Thomvest and Relay… Read More

Lost phone? No problem, Alexa will find it thanks to new skill from TrackR

Amazon’s digital AI assistant Alexa allows us to do less and less all the time. She can call for a ride, order a… Read More

Amazon releases template for building Alexa-powered ‘choose your own adventure’ games

Amazon released a new tool and source code Tuesday to encourage people to build voice-oriented, “choose your own adventure” games using… Read More

Amazon eyes noise-canceling headphones that could shut off when someone says your name

Amazon recently received a patent for verbal and ambient kill switches for noise-canceling headphones that acoustically isolate users. Amazon’s patent, approved last month, could… Read More

Shut the front door — or lock it, at least: Amazon’s Alexa expands voice commands to smart door locks

You can now tell Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa to lock doors thanks to a new skill that integrates with Maveron-backed August Home… Read More

‘Alexa, make Amazon some money’: Online retail giant promotes voice-enabled purchasing with exclusive deals

Amazon is making a big push into voice-enabled purchasing by offering a series of deals to people who order items using its… Read More

Now you can tell Alexa to buy stuff for you on Amazon

Alexa can already call a ride for you, tell you when you aren’t walking enough, and now the brain behind… Read More

Amazon enables voice activation for new Alexa ‘skills,’ as third-party capabilities expand

It just got a lot easier to for users add a new skill to Alexa, the voice-activated brain that powers… Read More

Tonight Show

NBC becomes first broadcast network to launch a ‘skill’ on Amazon’s Alexa

The list of “skills” that Alexa, Amazon’s voice-enabled virtual assistant, is capable of performing keeps on growing, and now NBC… Read More

Report: Amazon’s Alexa will be able to sense when you’re frustrated

Nobody likes to be misunderstood, especially by a machine. We’ve all become pointlessly exasperated with the virtual assistants that power… Read More

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