Tag: Alexa
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Amazon’s Alexa is Adding Audible Notifications For Breaking News – Here is How to Turn Them Off
Do you own an Amazon Alexa device like an Echo Show? You may find yourself hearing a notification sound more often. This week, Cord Cutters News has confirmed that Echo Shows have started sending audible notifications for breaking news even when you are playing music. Unlike the cards that show on the screen with breaking…
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Amazon Alexa Is Killing IFTTT Support on October 31
Amazon will discontinue Alexa support for its IFTTT (If This, Then That) service as of October 31. Starting November 1, users will no longer be able to use Alexa commands to trigger applets with specific phrases or questions, according to the IFTTT team. In addition, applets that use other Alexa phrases, asks, or queries will…
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How Amazon May Start Charging You to Use Alexa
Amazon has been dropping hints that it may eventually start charging a fee to use Alexa – or at least some form of the digital assistant. It’s a radical idea considering Alexa has been free since the first Echo speaker debuted in 2004. Since then, Amazon has firmly entrenched itself in the smart speaker market…
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Once-Free Alexa Guard Features Will Now Cost You $6 a Month
Amazon is slapping a price tag on its formerly free security feature for Echo devices. Alexa Guard’s smoke, carbon monoxide alarm detection and glass break sound detection features reportedly moved to Amazon’s new Emergency Assist service, which costs $6 a month, or $59 a year. Alexa Guard’s ability to listen for intruders and household alarms…
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Amazon Will Invest Billions in AI Technology
Amazon said it will invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic, as Amazon looks to further solidify its spot in the growing technology sector. The investment will also give Amazon a minority ownership position at the company. Amazon and Anthropic announced their partnership to advance generative AI on Monday, just days after the…
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From New Fire TVs to a Smarter Alexa, Here’s Everything Amazon Announced At its Fall Event
Amazon on Wednesday unloaded a staggering number of new products, from new Fire TV sticks to new Ring and Blink cameras, but the star of the show was a preview of the future capabilities of its Alexa digital assistant. Dave Limp, the head of devices and services for Amazon who plans to leave the company…
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Amazon Rolls Out Smarter, More Human Alexa AI
Today, Amazon unveiled a massive upgrade to Alexa, with demos showing a more human-sounding and smarter digital assist able to understand context and personal preferences. The upgrade will come as a “free preview” on all devices — including the original Echo — at a later time. Amazon is hoping this improved Alexa will inspire more…
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Amazon is Working on Making Alexa Smarter
Amazon’s Alexa is more than a basic speaker assistant and in upcoming months will become an even more powerful tool for customers.
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HBO Max Launches ‘HBO Max Recommends’ Skill for Alexa
HBO Max announced today the launch of a new HBO Recommends skill for Alexa. With the new feature, HBO Max subscribers can use Alexa-enabled devices to easily browse and say yes or no to titles to get recommendations with guidance from the service. Using HBO Recommends, users can create personalized watchlists by saying “Alexa, open…
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Amazon Introduces Alexa Routines for Fire TV
Amazon announced today that it will bring Alexa routines to Fire TV devices. Alexa Routines is a feature that allows users to create Alexa command “bundles,” or personalized groups of commands that can be executed together with one voice command. Starting today, Amazon customers can include Fire TV commands in their Alexa Routines. Amazon offers…