The Google Assistant finished tops among the digital brains that power smart speakers in an extensive Q&A test, answering nearly 88 percent of queries correctly. The test by Minnesota venture… Read More
Samsung is making its entry into the competitive smart speaker market with the announcement of Galaxy Home, taking on fellow tech giants Amazon, Apple, Google and others. Samsung unveiled the… Read More
One of Alexa’s biggest competitive advantages is its catalog of more than 40,000 skills, leveraging third-party services to provide additional capabilities to users of Amazon’s voice assistant. One of Apple’s… Read More
Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is struggling in the competitive smart home market, according to a new report. What led to its demise, and what can Apple do to get back… Read More
Excess inventory of Apple HomePods is piling up at Apple stores, as the smart speaker has struggled to make a dent in the competitive market led by Amazon’s Echo, according… Read More
Rumors abounded this week that Apple is canceling the iPhone X. So are they? Well, not exactly. We explain on this episode of Geared Up. Plus, a hub that turns… Read More
Amazon Go sounds like something straight out of the Jetsons: A fully automated convenience store that tracks what you grab off the shelves. No cashiers, no checkout lines. Plus, Microsoft… Read More
We’re excited about a lot of gadgets this gift-giving season, but we were also sad to hear some of them won’t make it home in time for the holidays. The… Read More
Alexa has a bunch of them. Siri is getting one. So why not Cortana, too? A new smart speaker from audio equipment maker Harman Kardon is the first to come… Read More
Amazon Echo owners are more likely to be iPhone and iPad fans, while owners of the Google Home smart speaker are, unsurprisingly, heavy users of Android smartphones and tablets, according… Read More
Amazon has cut the price of its Echo smart speaker to $129.99, the same price as the Google Home speaker, for one day only. This is not the first time… Read More
The keynote speech at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference was 2-and-a-half hours long, but they packed a world’s worth of news into that time. A new smart speaker, updates to… Read More
Apple today unveiled its own voice-activated smart home speaker, the HomePod. Set to begin shipping in December, the speaker is designed to be spatially aware, meaning that it understands the… Read More