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Amazon rolls out Alexa intercom function, letting users ‘drop in’ on Echo speakers remotely

Amazon is taking a big step forward in its quest to turn Alexa into the operating system for the home.… Read More

Amazon unveils $20 Dash Wand with Alexa for voice-enabled grocery ordering and home controls

Amazon just introduced a new Alexa device: a $20 version of its Amazon Dash Wand with the voice-enabled smart assistant… Read More

Amazon rolls out contact blocking for Alexa voice-calling feature

Amazon is rolling out an update to its Alexa app that lets users of its voice-calling feature block specific people… Read More

Apple WWDC: Siri Speaker, iPad Pro, artificial intelligence and more rumors on our radar

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference starts Monday in San Jose. Here are a few of the areas we’ll be watching closely.… Read More

Alexa at the ballpark: Testing Amazon Echo inside a Seattle Mariners suite at Safeco Field

Amazon’s voice technology has made its way into Major League Baseball. Earlier this month, the Seattle Mariners became the first… Read More

Amazon adding opt-in Alexa notifications: Echo will chime and pulse green when info is waiting

Alexa is about to get more assertive. Amazon is adding notifications to its voice-enabled assistant, allowing users to choose to… Read More

Saturday Night Live spoof: Amazon ‘Echo Silver’ is ‘designed for the greatest generation’

It is “super-loud” for the hard of hearing, responds to “any name even remotely close to Alexa,” scans the room to help… Read More

Amazon says caller blocking for Alexa/Echo is coming, amid customer complaints

Some early adopters of Amazon’s new Alexa voice-calling feature for the company’s Echo devices have been surprised to find that they can’t keep specific… Read More

Amazon Music product leader explains why Alexa is only available in 3 countries so far

When it comes to global expansion, Amazon’s Alexa is taking it slow. As of now, Amazon devices with the Alexa… Read More

Amazon unveils $230 touch-screen ‘Echo Show’ and Alexa voice calling

Amazon this morning made two major upgrades to its Echo lineup: a new $230 device called the Echo Show, with… Read More

Amazon set to debut new Echo device with touchscreen and phone-calling capabilities

Amazon is expected to reveal a new Echo device that has a touchscreen and can make phone calls as early as… Read More

Alexa reaches 12,000 skills as Amazon’s digital assistant powers new Echo Look device

Alexa’s very special set of skills now numbers more than 12,000. Amazon announced the increased skill count in its quarterly… Read More

Burger King commercial manipulates Google devices to describe the Whopper

When it comes to marketing ploys, this one’s a whopper. Burger King has launched an ad campaign that uses Google’s… Read More

Google CEO on competition with Amazon Echo and Alexa: Don’t count us out yet

Amazon is still reaping the benefits of its early lead in home voice technology, thanks to its Echo smart speaker… Read More

Amazon at CES: ‘We believe there will be an Alexa skill for everyone, for everything’

LAS VEGAS — Amazon said this week that there are now more than 7,000 Alexa skills, third-party integrations that extend the… Read More

Amazon poised to dominate CES, thanks to Alexa and Dash integrations

Amazon doesn’t even have its own CES booth, but the Seattle-based tech giant promises to be one of the biggest stories at the… Read More

Wynn Las Vegas to equip 4,748 hotel rooms with Amazon Echo: It’s ‘seamlessly delicious,’ Steve Wynn says

Alexa, open the curtains? You may soon be able to ask that question when traveling to the Wynn Las Vegas… Read More

Podcast

Google Home meets Snapchat Spectacles on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast

Can Google Home take on Amazon Echo? Can Nintendo make a console comeback? And can Snapchat make you wear goofy glasses? We… Read More

Amazon partners with Techstars for new Alexa accelerator at University of Washington

Amazon is looking for startups that can build innovative technologies using the company’s Alexa artificial intelligence platform. The tech giant today… Read More

Book a trip with your voice? Travel giant Expedia launches new Amazon Alexa skill

Today, Expedia is rolling out a new skill for Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices in advance of the busiest travel season of… Read More

New Alexa skill lets AT&T customers send text messages through Amazon Echo speaker

Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa is becoming very skillful these days. She can buy stuff, she can find a lost phone,… Read More

Amazon invents another excuse to buy stuff: ‘Voice Shopping Weekend’ offers Alexa-exclusive deals

First there was Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. Now it’s “Voice Shopping Weekend.” Amazon has come up with a new holiday… Read More

Developer bootcamp Coding Dojo launches Amazon Alexa training program

Coding Dojo, a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer bootcamp, is launching a new training program for Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa, starting today.… Read More

‘Alexa, who’s winning the presidential race?’ Amazon Echo gets real-time election updates

It’s going to be a long day, folks. If you don’t want to follow along on Twitter or tune into the… Read More

Could smart speakers, like Amazon Echo, outpace early iPhone sales?

(Updated at 10:25 a.m. with more accurate iPhone sales numbers and clarification on smart speaker market). Allow me to take… Read More

Jeff Bezos sees a big future for Amazon Echo, Alexa and AI in health care

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos thinks Alexa, the virtual assistant that powers Echo devices, could be a useful tool for health… 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

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 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

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