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Amazon ‘Echo Sub’ and Smart Plug images surface in latest Alexa leak

Images and descriptions of two unannounced Amazon Alexa devices publicly surfaced Wednesday afternoon, providing an inadvertent sneak preview of what… Read More

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‘Alexa, turn on the microwave!’ Plus, the latest from Nintendo as its Switch Online service launches

Update: Amazon announced a number of new devices and feature updates Thursday, confirming the reports we discussed on this episode. Read… Read More

Getty Images’ visual assets will enhance Alexa searches on Amazon’s Echo devices with a screen

A search on Amazon Echo devices with a screen will return visual responses from a vast collection of photographs thanks… Read More

A voice in the storm: Amazon enables Alexa Donations to aid those hit by Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence has made landfall in North Carolina and brings with it the promise of miserable days ahead as the… Read More

TLDR: Amazon HQ2 hints?

Today’s featured stories Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears ‘Alexa, start Halo’:… Read More

‘Alexa, start Halo’: Microsoft adds Alexa and Cortana voice commands for Xbox One

Xbox owners have another way to control their console: Alexa and Cortana. Microsoft expanded its voice support for Xbox One… Read More

Bose unveils Alexa-powered smart speaker and soundbars, aligning with Amazon on ‘next chapter’

Bose today showed off a new smart speaker and pair of soundbars powered by Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa as it… Read More

Smart speaker sales take off globally, but consumer appetite for novel uses is fickle

While the quarter-by-quarter battle for smart speaker market share gets all the attention, the longer-term struggle to change consumer behavior… Read More

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Geared Up Podcast: Are Alexa and Cortana BFFs? Plus, a chance to win PAX West tickets

The Geared Up Giveaway is back! Geared Up subscribers can use the widget at the bottom of this post to… Read More

First impressions: Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana are friendly acquaintances, not best friends

“Cortana, open Alexa. … Play Jeopardy!” Just like that, we heard the famous theme song and voices of announcer Johnny… 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

Cortana meets Alexa, Lesson No. 1: Keep your Windows 10 PC away from your Amazon Echo

I’m testing out the new integration of Microsoft Cortana and Amazon Alexa, released as a public preview for the first… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon begin public rollout of first Alexa-Cortana integrations, promise more to come

In a somewhat surreal moment three months ago, an Amazon executive appeared on stage at the Microsoft Build developer conference… Read More

Amazon doubles down on vehicles as the next domain for digital brain Alexa with new tools

Amazon’s mission to put Alexa everywhere took another step forward today with the announcement of a new set of tools… Read More

How kids quacking at a cartoon duck fuels bigger ideas about voice technology and access

To win the bonus game in Cookie Monster’s Challenge, a player must say “quack” to a small, white cartoon duck… 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

TLDR: Amazon crushes profit expectations, Trump targets Twitter in a tweet, Lego Hogwarts Castle

Today’s featured stories Amazon’s record quarter: $2.5B in profits is biggest ever as tech giant comes up just short on… Read More

With new equalizer feature, Amazon Echo devices get bass and treble control

Amazon is giving users more control over their Echo smart speakers with a series of new commands to adjust bass,… Read More

Amazon introduces new ‘Tap to Alexa’ accessibility feature for Echo Show

Amazon has added a new accessibility feature to the touchscreen smart speaker Echo Show to help customers who are deaf… Read More

Amazon and Techstars unveil 9 voice tech startups in the second Alexa accelerator cohort

The Amazon Alexa accelerator today unveiled the nine companies in its second cohort. The startups hail from Seattle to Tel… Read More

Prime Day tops 100M products sold — ‘biggest shopping event in Amazon history’ despite glitches

Apparently this Amazon Prime Day didn’t go to the dogs after all. Amazon Prime members purchased more than 100 million… Read More

Sonos IPO filing reveals new details of tenuous partnership with potential frenemy Amazon

Sonos revealed new details of its delicate detente with competitor and partner Amazon as part the smart speaker maker’s filing… Read More

Amazon’s new Fire HD ‘Show Mode’ and charging dock turn tablets into countertop Alexa devices

Amazon will update its current Fire HD 8 and 10 tablets with a new “Show Mode” designed to turn them… Read More

TLDR:Microsoft responds to separation of families at the border, Alexa targets hotels, GameStop’s potential buyout

[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, check… Read More

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Google’s new Podcasts app syncs with Home speakers via Assistant, one-upping Amazon Alexa

Details of Google Podcasts, the search giant’s new Android app for listening to audio shows, leaked overnight in advance of… Read More

Former Amazon devices executive Ian Freed launches Bamboo Music skill for Alexa

Kids and their parents are getting a new way to use Amazon Echo devices for learning about music. And it’s… Read More

Amazon targets hotels with new ‘Alexa for Hospitality’ voice service, inks Marriott deal

Amazon is making a big push to get its Alexa voice technology inside hotel rooms. Related:Testing Alexa in a hotel… Read More

TLDR: Video game addiction, Ofo on naked bike riding, Echo Look review & unboxing

[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, check… Read More

Sensible Object raises $3.2M to develop first Amazon Alexa-powered board game

A London-based startup that graduated from the inaugural Amazon Alexa accelerator has raised more cash to help develop the first… Read More

Amazon Echo Look review and unboxing: What it’s like to use this fashion-focused Alexa device

[Editor’s Note: Starla Sampaco is the host and producer of GeekWire’s TLDR daily news show. Watch and subscribe here.] I… Read More