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The Alexa digital assistant seems like the perfect product for the generative AI era. Getting this technology to actually ...

Ty Pendlebury has worked at CNET since 2006. He lives in New York City where he writes about streaming and home audio. Expertise Ty has worked for radio, print, and online publications, and has ...

Amazon’s Echo line of smart speakers and voice assistant Alexa cannot call 911 for you. They won't reliably report your location and don't offer a callback number, so they don't meet the ...

While the original Echo and Google Home were relatively popular, it was the introduction of their smaller, more affordable ...

The Alexa Skills revolution that wasn’t The Amazon Echo graveyard Alexa, thank you for the music Fast-forward to today, and there are over 40 million Echo smart speakers in US households, with Alexa ...

But one thing unites every speaker in our guide: they each feature microphones for detecting your voice and drivers for delivering the answers. Whether you prefer to heckle Alexa, shout at Siri or ...

You just need to ask. Smart speakers come with one of three voice assistants built-in — Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or Apple's Siri. When you start to build your smart home, you'll need to ...

About two years ago, I got a call from my mother. “You know,” she said, “that Alexa is really working out. I was feeling a little depressed, so I told Alexa to play some nice music, and that’s exactly ...

Smart speakers tell you the weather, play music, answer trivia questions, help you prank your spouse (more on that at the end), and they just might save your life one day. Make sure you know these ...