Articles about Alexa – Page 7 of 16

Amazon ends Mayday live video customer support on Fire tablets, five years after high-profile rollout

Amazon is pulling the plug on its Mayday video calling feature for on-screen customer support on its Fire tablets, ending… Read More

Don’t count Cortana out: Study predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will rival Amazon and Google in business use

Cortana is getting serious traction in the enterprise world, according to a new study that predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will… Read More

Amazon’s new Fire TV Cube aims to make Alexa the ultimate remote control

The latest addition to Amazon’s Fire TV lineup is also the latest expansion of its Alexa voice assistant. Fire TV… Read More

Fashionably late: Amazon’s $200 Echo Look widely released more than a year after unveiling

Amazon made its $200 Echo Look generally available for purchase in the U.S. starting Wednesday morning, more than a year after… 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

Alexa and the Google Assistant are reportedly coming soon to Microsoft’s Xbox

Alexa is moving even deeper into Microsoft territory. Amazon’s digital brain and the Google Assistant appear bound for Xbox to… Read More

Alexa Inside: What it’s really like to use Amazon’s voice assistant on a new Windows 10 laptop

Alexa is all over the place these days, from the fridge to the bathroom mirror, and now on Windows 10… Read More

New sign of the times? Imagining a modern version of Seattle’s iconic ‘turn out the lights’ billboard

It was fascinating to read that the creators of the “Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights” billboard are… Read More

As Alexa’s Flash Briefing tops 5,000 skills, content providers learn more about what you want to hear

Smart home hub. Streaming music source. Dad joke repository. But Amazon’s Alexa has one skill that dates back to the… Read More

Here’s what Amazon had to say after investigating an unusual case of Alexa eavesdropping

Amazon says it is taking steps to make sure that its Alexa-powered Echo home speaker devices do not secretly record… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa arrives on Windows 10 laptops for the first time this week via Acer devices

Amazon’s Alexa is live on a Windows 10 laptop for the first time, making its debut on a pair of… Read More

Cortana and Alexa need better chemistry: Takeaways from the first public demo by Microsoft and Amazon

There has been an explosion in voice assistants — including Apple Siri, Samsung Bixby, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and Microsoft… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon show Alexa-Cortana integrations for first time

Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa are finally talking, fulfilling a groundbreaking promise made last year to bring the rival digital… Read More

Amazon unveils new ways for developers to earn money from Alexa Skills

Developers building “skills” for Amazon’s Alexa platform now have new ways to make money off their voice-enabled technologies. Amazon today… Read More

Secrets of the $500K Amazon Alexa Prize winner: Inside the Univ. of Washington’s ‘socialbot’

How long can a robot have an intelligent conversation with a human? That was the challenge posed to hundreds of… Read More

Amazon to release new Alexa options for families and kids, including ‘magic word’ feature that gives positive reinforcement for saying ‘please’

Amazon plans to release a slate of new Alexa features for parents and children, plus a new $79.99 version of… Read More

Amazon’s new Alexa Skill Blueprints aim to let anyone build their own custom Alexa capabilities

Amazon today unveiled Alexa Skill Blueprints, a set of templates that anyone can use, even if they don’t know how… Read More

Amazon completes Ring acquisition, drops price of original video doorbell under $100

Amazon completed its acquisition of smart-home security company Ring this morning and dropped the price of the Santa Monica, Calif.-company’s… Read More

‘Hey kids, it’s time for dinner!’ Amazon rolls out Alexa Announcements for Echo

That Amazon Echo device in your home is about to get a lot more vocal — using your words. Amazon… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up podcast: Hands-on with Samsung’s Galaxy S9, and why Apple bought the ‘Netflix of magazines’

Samsung’s newest smartphone, the Galaxy S9, is set to launch this Friday, but Geared Up podcast co-host Andru Edwards already… Read More

How Amazon aspires to transform business meetings using Alexa

Amazon first announced Alexa for Business, the entrance of the company’s digital assistant into the enterprise world last year, and… Read More

‘Hey’ no more, as Microsoft’s Cortana drops the pleasantries from voice commands

Microsoft doesn’t want its users to have to waste any time in getting the attention of its digital assistant Cortana.… Read More

Widespread outage at Amazon Web Services’ U.S. East region takes down Alexa, Atlassian developer tools

Problems with Amazon Web Services’ Direct Connect service took down several customers Friday morning using the cloud leader’s creaky U.S.… Read More

What happened to Yahoo’s $10M alliance with CMU, and how it could help AI restore our humanity

You know Siri and Alexa. Maybe even Cortana. But have you met Sara? She’s pretty amazing. Sure, she can do… Read More

Amazon Alexa accelerator expands, will host up to 3 startups in London for 2nd cohort

Amazon is now accepting applications for its second Alexa Accelerator cohort. The 13-week program, which launched last year and is run… Read More

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

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explains why he’s not worried about Alexa on Windows PCs

Alexa’s impending arrival on several Windows PCs looks like it could be trouble for Microsoft’s Cortana, but its CEO Satya… 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

‘The plants look happy’: Jeff Bezos, with help from Amazon’s Alexa, opens ‘remarkable’ Spheres

After hearing from Washington’s governor, Seattle’s mayor and others, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos turned to a voice he truly recognizes… 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