Amazon this morning showed a new feature, dubbed “Let’s Chat” driven by generative artificial intelligence, designed to make its Alexa voice assistant more conversational on its Echo devices. Demonstrated on… Read More
Dave Limp, the longtime leader of Amazon’s devices division, will step down later this year. Limp is leaving Amazon after more than 13 years, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirmed in… Read More
Amazon unveiled a new Echo smart speaker, a $39.99 semi-sphere called Echo Pop, meant for bedrooms and other small spaces in the home, set for release May 31. The company… Read More
Amazon became the latest tech giant to make layoffs in its corporate workforce this week in the face of the economic downturn, but the manner in which the plan unfolded… Read More
Amazon unveiled a new bedside sleep-tracking device, Halo Rise, expanding its lineup of consumer health devices beyond wristbands for the first time. Announced this morning at the company’s fall Echo… Read More
Alexa, when are we arriving at the moon? Putting Amazon’s AI-enabled voice assistant on a moon-bound spaceship may sound like science fiction (hello, HAL!). But it’s due to become science… Read More
Amazon has a “dominant share” of the U.S. market for smart speakers, accounting for 69% of devices sold over the past five years, according to a new report from Consumer… Read More
Amazon will offer independent software developers a slice of the most important real estate on Alexa devices, giving users the option to see and interact with content from third-party Alexa… Read More
Amazon plans to use radar to help people monitor their sleep and control their devices using gestures, a Federal Communications Commission filing reveals. The FCC on Friday granted the Seattle… Read More
Amazon unveiled a new lineup of spherical Echo devices, an autonomous flying indoor Ring security camera, a new cloud gaming service, and new features to help Alexa converse and interact… Read More
Amazon is enlisting its cutting-edge Lab126 hardware group, best known for creating its Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets and Echo smart speakers, to help build out its own COVID-19 testing capabilities.… Read More
Amazon is suing two companies for “widespread tech support fraud,” alleging that they tricked new users of Echo speakers and other Alexa devices into paying for purported technical support through… Read More
After it faced public backlash against the practice of using people to review voice recordings from Alexa devices, Amazon gave users increased privacy controls and came clean about how those… Read More
Watch out, Apple and FitBit — Amazon is making its own wireless earbuds with fitness-related features. Related: Alexa, how are Amazon’s devices doing? Assessing the company’s big hardware unveiling, a… Read More
Amazon’s hardware R&D teams are keeping busy, as the tech giant is reportedly working on a pair of intriguing new projects out of its secretive Lab126 group in Sunnyvale, Calif.:… Read More
At the onset of a heart attack, people often have a few telltale symptoms: pain in the chest or arm, heartburn, shortness of breath. But only one of these is… Read More
Amazon will let developers build premium Alexa content directed at kids with an expansion of its in-skill purchasing feature. The company last year debuted in-skill purchasing, which lets developers sell… Read More
Amazon is reportedly working on a health and wellness device that is worn on the wrist and can read human emotions, according to a Bloomberg report that referenced internal documents… Read More
Consumer advocacy and privacy groups filed a complaint with the FTC on Thursday asking to investigate Amazon for allegedly illegally collecting information via its Echo Dot Kids Edition device. The… Read More
Behind Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa are thousands of humans reviewing some of the millions of utterances people make to their smart speakers, according to a new report from Bloomberg. These… Read More
Amazon is getting trounced by third-party sellers on its platform, has weathered some spectacular failures in the process of building its business, and “remains a small player in global retail.”… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has a new trick: transmitting secure patient information between patients and caregivers. Developers can now use the Alexa Skills Kit to build HIPAA-compliant apps, opening the… Read More
It’s the Echo Spot vs. Lenovo Smart Clock. Google today at CES unveiled a new nightstand alarm clock built in partnership with Lenovo. Powered by Google Assistant, the voice-controlled device… Read More
Amazon says more than 100 million Alexa-powered devices have been sold, a figure that shows the company’s early lead in virtual assistant technology is paying off. Dave Limp, Amazon senior… Read More
Apple is making its Apple Music service available on Amazon Echo devices in a surprising new partnership between two rivals in the voice arena. The Apple Music integration will arrive… Read More
Facebook on Monday unveiled Portal, a new at-home hardware device focused on video chat. Portal and the larger Portal+ use AI-powered technology to automatically pan and zoom and minimize background… Read More
Today’s featured stories Here’s everything Amazon announced today, from a microwave to a subwoofer to new Alexa capabilities ‘Alexa, cook my potato’: Amazon unveils $60 WiFi-connected microwave Commentary: Alexa, stop!… Read More
Microwave. Subwoofer. Smart plug. In-car device. Those are just a handful of the new devices Amazon debuted on Thursday as the tech giant continues to push its voice platform, Alexa,… Read More
Images and descriptions of two unannounced Amazon Alexa devices publicly surfaced Wednesday afternoon, providing an inadvertent sneak preview of what was previously reported to be a new wave of smart… Read More
Amazon is out with a new feature that makes it easier to control music on Echo smart speakers and other Alexa-powered devices using smartphones. Alexa Cast only works with Amazon… Read More
