Amazon’s Alexa isn’t just using voice to provide assistance to users. A new feature called “Show and Tell” enables the tech giant’s AI to use its vision to help blind… Read More
Google and Amazon followed through on their peace pact this morning. The official YouTube app is coming back to Amazon’s Fire TV devices as part of an agreement that also… Read More
Amazon today revealed the latest version of the Alexa-powered Echo Show smart display: a smaller model at a much lower price point. The new Echo Show 5 is named for… Read More
A search on Amazon Echo devices with a screen will return visual responses from a vast collection of photographs thanks to a new partnership between the tech giant and Getty… Read More
Google is aiming to challenge Amazon’s Echo Show by releasing its own smart speaker equipped with a screen in time for this year’s holiday season, Nikkei Asian Review reported today.… Read More
Amazon has added a new accessibility feature to the touchscreen smart speaker Echo Show to help customers who are deaf or have speech impediments interact with Alexa. Available starting today,… Read More
YouTube is back on Amazon’s Echo Show device, two months after Google pulled the video service over a violation of its terms of service. Voicebot.ai first spotted the return of… Read More
Think of Amazon’s new Echo Spot, a $130 clock-style device unveiled by the tech giant today, as a scaled-down Echo Show meant for the bedside or desktop, with a touch… Read More
Google and Amazon are having a tiff. The Verge reported Tuesday that Google dropped support for YouTube on the Echo Show, Amazon’s first Echo device that features a touchscreen and… Read More
Updated below with answer and winner. Think you know your tech? We’ll put it to the test on this short-but-sweet episode of Geared Up. While our co-host Andru Edwards is… Read More
As more and more companies get into the smart speaker game, a new report shows just how much ground they have to make up to catch Amazon’s digital assistant, Alexa.… Read More
Amazon shipped the new Echo Show this week, a $230 device featuring the company’s Alexa voice-enabled assistant PLUS a touch screen. So how does it work? And what can it… Read More
The first reviews are in for the Echo Show, Amazon’s newest $230 Alexa-powered device, and it appears the company has found another winner. The Echo Show is a lot like… Read More
Amazon this morning is announcing the first home-monitoring and security cameras that will be compatible with the new $230 Echo Show, aiming to build an ecosystem of smart-home technology around… Read More
Google, Alexa, Cortana, oh my! It’s been a week full of competing smart-assistant news from Google, Amazon and even Microsoft. Google released its smart assistant as an iOS app, and… Read More
Amazon this morning made two major upgrades to its Echo lineup: a new $230 device called the Echo Show, with a seven-inch touch-screen; and a free Alexa voice-calling and messaging feature… Read More