Tag: Alexa
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EXPIRED: Amazon’s Alexa Voice Remote With TV Controls For The Fire TV Is Now Just $19.99 (With Promo Code)
Do you have an old Fire TV remote that won’t let you control your TV? Right now Amazon is offering select Fire TV owners a $10 discount so they can upgrade to the new and improved 2nd gen Alexa Voice Remote with controls to power on/off your TV and change the volume. Not all Amazon…
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Amazon’s Alexa Now Understands & Speaks Spanish in the United States
Amazon has announced U.S. customers can now access Multi-Lingual mode on their Echo Alexa devices, meaning you can now talk to her in Spanish. App developers can now start building skills for Spanish speaking customers, and Alexa has a brand new Spanish voice with local knowledge and more. U.S. customers can now switch back and forth…
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New Alexa Capabilities Are Coming to VIZIO SmartCast TVs
VIZIO announced today new Alexa capabilities are coming to VIZIO SmartCast TVs. In the past, you could use Alexa to turn on and off your TV and other basic features. Now you will be able to search for movies or shows by title, genre, or cast members through a nearby Alexa Echo device. “At VIZIO,…
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Amazon Is Adding Multi-Room Music Groups To The Fire TV Cube
Today Amazon announced that they have started to roll out support for Multi-Room Music Groups to the Fire TV Cube. With Multi-Room Music you can have your music played synced across multiple Alexa powered devices to hear your music through your whole home and now even on your Fire TV Cube. To create a Multi-Room…
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You Can Now Change How Fast Amazon’s Alexa Talks
Alexa is an excellent source of information and entertainment. One of the complaints in the past, though has been that it can be a very slow-talking option to hear the weather or news. Now Amazon has added the ability to increase or even slow down the rate that Alexa talks. Now if you ask your…
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EXPIRED: Echo Speakers With Alexa Are on Sale at All Time Low Prices
Good news Amazon’s new line of Echo speakers are on sale for Prime Day! Many of them like the Dot 3rd gen are at all-time low prices. Right now you can get the 3rd-gen Echo Dot with improved performance and a new look is on sale for just $22 down from $49.99. (This is a…
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EXPIRED: Amazon Prime Day Deals Start Today (Yes Today) Act Now to Get a $24.99 Fire TV Stick 4K & $29.99 Fire Tablets
Amazon Prime Day won’t officially start until Monday, July 15th but that has not stopped Amazon from offering early deals. Starting today if you asked your Amazon Alexa smart speaker what “whats my deals” you will be able to get early access to some Prime Day deals. When I asked my Alexa what my deals…
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Amazon Has a New Echo Kids Speaker Coming Out Today
Later today Amazon will be releasing a new Echo Kids speaker. This new Echo Kids speaker is based on the new Echo Dot 3rd gen and comes in blue and rainbow colors. We don’t know when but sometime today the new Echo Kids will go live on Amazon. Echo Kids speakers with Amazon FreeTime Unlimited…
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Amazon is Making Alexa Even Better With Alexa Conversations
Today Amazon announced a new feature called Alexa Dialog Modeling for developers for cross-skill conversations. In the past when you talked to Alexa you would be looked into one skill at a time. Now Amazon is adding the ability to jump between skills to easily book buy movie tickets, reserve a ride, and make dinner…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Cube Adds Alexa Announcements, Multi-Room Music, Follow-up Mode, and the Apple Music Skill
Update: These features will be rolling out over the next several weeks. Not all customers will have these capabilities on their Fire TV Cube right away. Today Amazon announced that they have added Alexa Communication features to the Fire TV Cube. This means you can now use Alexa Announcements, Multi-Room Music, Follow-up Mode, and the…