Amazon Alexa

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.

Apple, Google training their voice assistants to understand people with speech disabilities
Apple is working to help Siri automatically detect if someone speaks with a stutter.

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 Fire TV gets redesigned UI and better Alexa integration
Amazon announced a bunch of hardware in September this year where it…

iOS users can now interact with Alexa via text
Type with Alexa feature is currently rolling out to the users in the United States

Amazon revamps Alexa app homescreen, adds navigation features
The update will be rolling out worldwide over the next month.

Amazon brings hands-free mode to Alexa app on Android and iOS
Until now, you needed to touch the Alexa button on the bottom to control the assistant with your voice.

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