If you're old enough to remember cartoons like The Jetsons, you probably remember a vision of the future where our lives are fully automated. All it takes are a few verbal commands, and your whole ...

At an Alexa developer event, Amazon revealed some tools that will make it possible for developers to create Alexa routines and suggest them to users. With user permission, they can use the Alexa ...

Amazon is making it easier for Alexa device owners to use Routines. The feature, which has been around for years, allows Alexa users to combine multiple tasks into a single voice command of their ...

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Having tested the Alexa app, here are three things I like about it, and one area I think it could improve on. LIKE: Huge ...

NPR debuted a new way to listen to NPR at Alexa Live NPR debuted a new way to listen to NPR at Alexa Live, Amazon's annual developer conference that focuses on the future of ambient intelligence, ...

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Coming to its Bosch 800 Series fully automatic espresso machines, the upgrade allows Alexa users to talk with the machine via ...

Amazon is adding a couple of nifty new features to its caregiving service Alexa Together. Firstly, we have a Circle of Support that allows users to add more caregivers so everyone in the family can ...

Amazon is rolling out some more features for Alexa Together, a service designed to help aging folks and caregivers stay connected using the voice assistant and Echo devices. One of these is called ...

Luckily it's super easy. All you have to do is say, "Alexa, enable Halloween Routine." Once the routine is enabled, you can start it by saying "Start Halloween." If you want to adjust your Alexa ...

Amazon announced many new features for skill developers and device makers this year at its Alexa Live 2022 event that I watched remotely. The Alexa ecosystem has grown tremendously over the past ...