An AI overhaul makes Alexa+ a much better digital assistant and smart home control center I tried Alexa+ on my first-generation Amazon Echo Show 15, which received a major software refresh in addition ...
Amazon is giving you more control over how Alexa behaves during conversations and responses. Three “personality style” presets are launching today for Alexa Plus users in the US that allow you to make ...
Amazon is letting Alexa+ users customize how the voice assistant communicates, choosing between Brief, Chill, and Sweet ...
We’ve been waiting for BMW’s next-gen voice assistant for a while now. The custom Alexa voice assistant for was initially announced in 2022, but progress has been slow in an attempt to build it around ...
Amazon is ending the option to have Alexa requests processed on local Echo devices instead of on Amazon’s cloud servers on March 28. Amazon says it is making the move as it prepares to add generative ...
Amazon agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty as part of a settlement with the Justice Department and the FTC to resolve allegations the ecommerce giant’s Alexa voice assistant violated a U.S.
Have you ever wondered what if Siri or Alexa were a guy?  Siri, the voice assistant in Apple devices such as the iPhone, though sounds distinctly female but says it does not have a gender. "Don't let ...
Google started out as a search engine, so nobody ever expected it to be directly competing with Amazon, an online retailer, in the smart home market.