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We unbox our iPhone XS devices on the air and also tackle news on the Galaxy Note 9, OnePlus, 5G, Withings, Xiaomi and Amazon.
A myriad of speakers, plug-ins and other smart home appliances were shown off as Amazon slams hardware down for the fall season.
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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
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.
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.
Microsoft and Amazon are starting to show the benefits of the integration of their Digital Assistants Cortana and Alexa to many users
Putting a screen on a Google Home is just like putting one on an Echo speaker. It's now available on store shelves and online.
43 million adults in the US are now estimated to own at least one smart speaker. And people are using their smart speakers to buy more stuff.
Find out when we could see Samsung's first smart speaker with Bixby 2.0 and its price that will directly take on Apple's HomePod, and the Google Home Max
The name of Amazon's Fire HD 10 Kids Edition tells you everything about the tablet, while Show Mode docks basically aim to turn your slate into an Echo Show
Pricier than a standard Fire TV or Echo smart speaker, Amazon's new Fire TV Cube basically brings the two together with hands-free Alexa voice support.
You no longer need an invitation to be able to buy the Amazon Echo Look hands-free camera and "style assistant with Alexa" in the US.
You can pay as little as $150 to secure an early copy of an Echo Show-contending Lenovo Smart Display with Google Assistant in 8 or 10.1-inch sizes.
The overall market grew a fair bit with the most improvement coming from Google. Still, it's Amazon that's pummeling Apple.
After a recent monthly price hike from $10.99 to $12.99, Amazon Prime subscriptions will soon get a little steeper for annual account holders as well.
The design of the "Cube" was leaked late last year, but since the launch of the "Pendant" design, we haven't heard anything about it until now.
It's $79.99, $30 more than an Echo Dot alone, but it comes in an attractive protective case and a year of free access to kids content and services.
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.
It's being called an "intercom" mode, though it really acts as more of a public announcement system made of Echo speakers.
The cheaper Fire tablets now can take in Alexa requests just by your asking them with your voice. Plug it in and they can even be asleep when you're poking them!
Most of the 161 positions that are currently posted are focused on software engineering. Could Apple finally be taking the shovel to building Siri's intelligence?
But with only just over a third of US households having a smart speaker, how does the market grow from here? Kantar Worldpanel has a few thoughts.
Several popular Amazon items are 20 percent off or more today, March 22. Why? Amazon loves to keep that reputation up with its customers.
