Amazon rolls out “Tap to Alexa” feature for Echo Show, to let hearing- and speech-impaired users trigger customizable Alexa skills with a few taps on the screen
Smart speakers like the Amazon Echo have brought voice controls into millions of homes — but what if you can't hear what Alexa has to say?
Sources: Amazon's 1492, a skunkworks lab, is working on healthcare tech including a platform for medical records, telemedicine, and apps for devices like Echo
- Areas of exploration include a platform for electronic medical record data, telemedicine and health apps for existing devices like the Amazon Echo.
GitHub survey of 5,500 open source users and developers finds only 3% identify as female
Today's world runs on open source software. The web, smartphones, the Amazon Echo, your car—everything high-tech depends on open source these days. Where free, collaborative software projects …
Essential Home announced as a privacy-focused Amazon Echo competitor, to have a round “auto-display” and be less cloud dependent, reportedly coming late summer
Why rebuild the technology that's already taken over the world? Andrew Myrick / Phandroid : Essential Home looks to take on Amazon's Echo and Google Home Jeff Gamet / The Mac Observer : Essential Home...
Sources: Google's answer to Amazon Echo is code-named “Chirp” and expected to launch this year
‘Okay, Google,’ your turn. — A product team at Google is working on a hardware device that would integrate Google's search and voice assistant technology, akin to the Amazon Echo, Recode has learned...
Premium Spotify subscribers can now play music directly on Amazon Echo
Amazon's Echo can now play music directly from Spotify — Playing Spotify music on the Amazon Echo is now as easy as saying three words: “Alexa, Play Spotify.” The e-retailer-slash-device-maker laun...
SmartThings Support Is Coming To Amazon Echo
It would appear that Amazon has plans to team up with SmartThings to power various home automation features with the Amazon Echo, the voice-powered personal assistant device. — According to a Google...
Amazon Echo update adds Pandora, iTunes, and Spotify voice control
Summary:Alexa, Amazon's two-pound assistant in the room, now does more with music services, improves speed and accuracy. — The Amazon Echo that I found to be a perfect 10 just got even better, as an...
Amazon Echo update adds Pandora, iTunes, and Spotify voice control
Summary:Alexa, Amazon's two-pound assistant in the room, now does more with music services, improves speed and accuracy. — The Amazon Echo that I found to be a perfect 10 just got even better, as an...