Consumer & Gadgets
Amazon unveiled plans Monday to be a bigger player in the auto sector, announcing partnerships that will put its Fire TV platform in vehicles and offer more services through its Alexa digital assistant.
Jan 6, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Every person who brings a new Echo speaker from Amazon into their home gets automatically recorded every time they utter the "Alexa" wake word.
Jan 6, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Attributing lifelike qualities to virtual assistants could cause people to reveal more personal information to the companies that own them than they otherwise would, according to a new study.
Jan 3, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Smart home devices from Google, Amazon and Facebook are engineered to listen for your commands and respond to them. Usually, they only engage when you say your "wake" word such as "OK, Google" or "Hey, Google."
Jan 2, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
A few short years ago, personal digital assistants like Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google Assistant sounded futuristic. Now, the future is here and this future is embedded, augmented and ubiquitous.
Dec 16, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
In January, Google announced a cool new feature that turns the Google Assistant into a two-way language interpreter, but it only worked visually on smart displays, which generally aren't used in the real world, when people ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
OK, Google, so what's it going to be? You or Alexa?
Nov 25, 2019
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Internet
Google said Tuesday its digital assistant will serve as a "news host" on its connected devices to deliver stories from a variety of its media partners.
Nov 19, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
You: "Alexa, I'm lonely."
Nov 11, 2019
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More than 200m homes now have a smart speaker providing voice-controlled access to the internet, according to one global estimate. Add this to the talking virtual assistants installed on many smartphones, not to mention kitchen ...
Oct 31, 2019
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