If you’re seeking to make your home smarter, odds are you’re in between two smart home ecosystems, Amazon Alexa versus Google Home. Both Amazon Alexa- and Google Assistant-enabled devices can help ...

Amazon showed me its new Alexa Home Theater surround sound system, which synchronizes and automatically configures multiple Echo Dot Max or Echo Studio speakers to work with your TV. I’m PCMag’s home ...

After more than a month of sporadic outages that left many Sengled smart bulb users struggling to control their lights, Amazon has opted to pull the skill that allowed Sengled users to control their ...

An Amazon spokesperson acknowledged this discrepancy in early September 2024, telling Snopes, "This was an error that was quickly fixed." In early September 2024 ...

Amazon is planning to remove a privacy setting on its Echo devices later this month that will allow virtually all voice requests to go to the company's cloud. The company's cloud-based voice service ...

The all-new, long-awaited Amazon Alexa rewamp is here and it’s called Alexa Plus. It will start rolling out next month but you’re unlikely to get access without signing up for it. The new generative ...

If you’ve had it up to here with dumb responses from Alexa, get ready for a big change. At a glitzy event in New York City on Wednesday, Amazon unveiled–again–its AI-enhanced and “completely ...

For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart home tech to craft how-to guides, explainers, and recommendations for technology of all kinds. From using his home in beautiful Bend, OR ...

Amazon is set to release an upgraded artificial intelligence version of home assistant Alexa later this month. The update will rely heavily on generative AI, in a potentially high-risk, high-reward ...

Software intended to make Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa smarter was behind a viral incident in which the digital helper appeared to favor Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, internal documents obtained ...

Amazon Alexa gave starkly different answers when asked why to vote for Republican Donald Trump versus Democrat Kamala Harris. When asked, "Why should I vote for Trump?" Alexa declined to provide such ...

While there's been much talk surrounding Amazon's generative AI-powered overhaul of its voice assistant, Alexa, and its expected subscription fees, we've heard little from the e-commerce giant about a ...