The worldwide AI craze set its sights on voice assistants in 2025. This year, it arrived at both third-party and primary voice assistants, including Google (Google Assistant is now becoming Gemini for ...

Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for over a dozen years, explaining the latest features, privacy tricks, and top recommendations. With degrees ...

We attended Amazon's February announcement of a massive Alexa AI upgrade with great interest. The new service, called Alexa Plus, promised us conversational AI to set reservations, learn what we like, ...

We've been testing Echos and Alexa devices for years, up through the Alexa Plus AI. Here are the gadgets that work best with ...

Amazon’s rolling out a free software update for Echo Hub devices that gives the home screen a much-needed update to the ...

Amazon has announced important updates for Alexa+ integration across its entire ecosystem. The update introduces Alexa+ Greetings for Ring devices to manage visitors and deliveries. It also builds ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Last September, Panay said the release was coming soon, but Amazon had to get it right for ...

Amazon has announced a new Alexa Podcasts feature, a new Alexa Plus feature that can create AI-generated podcast-style episodes on virtually any topic in just minutes. The company says it’s partnering ...

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are racing to redefine consumer AI — from Alexa’s next act as a generative home assistant to Microsoft’s bid to bring shopping into AI chat, and Google’s plan for an “AI ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After introducing Alexa Plus (Alexa+) last February, Amazon is now ready to make the AI assistant available on the web to Early Access users.

Alexa Podcasts can now generate AI-hosted audio episodes on almost any topic for Alexa Plus users in the US. You choose the topic and length of the podcast, then Alexa sources the content from over ...

Would you pay more for the ‘World’s best’ personal assistant, or get by with a free one that targets you with ads? Would you pay more for the ‘World’s best’ personal assistant, or get by with a free ...