Not only will the tech giant's little assistant be listening to you, it'll sometimes use those conversations to train the company's newest product. Reading time 2 minutes Last week, at Amazon’s annual ...

Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in assistant powered by artificial intelligence (AI), ...

Amazon Alexa is slowly becoming self-aware. Well, not really. Amazon has added some new features, including the ability to read an entire book, start your Ford Fusion (still in beta), and unlock the ...

Alexa users are familiar with using the assistant to play music, but its media playback capabilities run much deeper. Here ...

Amazon's huge voice assistant upgrade is conversational, connected and well-suited for Prime users. I enjoy it, but still have misgivings. The new, large language model-fueled version of Alexa is ...

Summary Alexa calling and messaging allows you to make calls, leave voice messages, and send text-based messages between Echo devices, the Alexa app, and Fire tablets. It's free to use and works over ...

The number of active users of Alexa for Shopping nearly doubled in the second quarter, with interactions up five times year ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Using Alexa with your Echo devices or other smart home appliances is a good way to keep everything interconnected. You can use Alexa for a ...

Sachin Bahal is a freelance tech writer. He has a bachelor's in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University and studied journalism and photography at Durham College. A tech geek since childhood, ...

Q: I’m interested in a new home security system. I have a hodgepodge of smart-home devices, but I haven’t managed to choose a home ecosystem yet, so I have some devices set up with Alexa, some with ...