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Make phone calls on Amazon speakers with Alexa and a Verizon line
You can now pair your Verizon phone number to Amazon Alexa-enabled speakers and get calling functionality for $5/month
Smart Speakers could bring contactless health monitoring by detecting abnormal heart rhythms
It works by emitting audio signals into the room at a volume humans can’t hear.
Xbox to get its own Alexa app
The Alexa app will have support for the newly launched Xbox Series X and Series S as well as the Xbox One.
Amazon’s Alexa now lets you share songs and play it on your friends Echo device
All you have to do is pick a song in your mind and say the magical words, "Hey Alexa, share this song with Rehan" and you're good to go!
Amazon extends Spotify podcast support for Alexa devices to 11 more countries
Users in Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain and UK can now utilize the new Alexa skill.
Alexa gets Live Translation to translate real-time convos on Echo devices
The feature is currently limited to the US.
Amazon’s new tool will let Alexa launch apps and perform tasks on your phone
Users can ask Alexa to open the TikTok app and tell it to start recording their video, perform a hashtag search on Twitter, and do more.
Alexa on Fire TV gets voice support for third-party apps like Netflix and YouTube
Alexa, play Stranger Things on Netflix!
Apple, Amazon and Google will now work together to improve smart homes
Google, Amazon, and Apple are joining forces with other brands to make a new and unified Connected Home platform for all smart home devices
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Alexa is dominating the smart speaker business, while Google Assistant takes a big hit
The latest report from Canalys shows who's boss in the smart speaker market, with new competition coming from Chinese companies
Research: Alexa is dumber than Siri and Google Assistant
A recent research, taking a look at popular digital assistants Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and Google Assistant reveals how they compete.
Facebook Assistant planned to compete with Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant
A couple of recent reports are suggesting that Facebook might be working on what could end up being the Facebook Assistant.
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G pre-order dates, Google Pixel 3a confirmed & more – Pocketnow Daily
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about pre-orders dates for the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, leaked specs of the Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL & more
Facebook Portal is up for sale if you dare to get one
The new Facebook Portal and Portal Plus are for sale in various locations if you decide you need a video chat device in your home
The Alexa microwave and all the other new Echo products from Amazon’s show
A myriad of speakers, plug-ins and other smart home appliances were shown off as Amazon slams hardware down for the fall season.
We may find Amazon Alexa in a microwave and in many other devices this year
Amazon Alexa is going to be present in many more devices in your home if this report is accurate, one of them includes a microwave
AI Cube is Huawei’s first Alexa-powered smart speaker
It doesn't look like a cube, but it's Huawei's first real attempt at a smart speaker. We got a preview of it from the IFA show floor.
Saint Louis University is placing Echo Dots in all of its dorm rooms
If you're going to SLU, get used to hearing Alexa. A lot. If you want to opt out, all you do is unplug the device, finish the year and return the Echo Dot.
Spotify Car Player caught in Reddit thread from January
Seems like Spotify likes not only to test its marketing apparatuses out, but tease our minds with new hardware that it has wanted to put out.
Amazon Alexa now calling and texting on Fire, Android and iOS tablets
Perhaps the one thing your phone didn't need was another way to text and call people. But maybe that's where your tablet and Alexa can kick in.
Google Assistant can basically do anything in TV ads starring John Legend, Sia and Kevin Durant
To prove how serious an Alexa and Siri competitor it's already become, Google Assistant has booked several A-list celebrities to highlight its strengths.
It’s raining Harman Kardon and JBL speakers and headphones at CES 2018
Made by Samsung subsidiary Harman International, the Allure Portable speaker, JBL Everest series of headphones, Reflect Mini 2, Contour 2, Endurance family and JBL GO 2 are invading CES 2018.
28 new countries around the world get Amazon Music Unlimited and Echo devices
You can stream your favorite tunes on Amazon Music Unlimited and have Echo smart speakers shipped to a bunch of new global territories.
Echo Buttons are the buzzers you need for games with Alexa
Trivia night at the bar may get a revamp if this gets popular. Echo Buttons will work with most any Echo speaker from Amazon.
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