If you still think Alexa is just for setting timers and playing music, it's time to catch up. After 11 years, Amazon finally gave its voice assistant a massive brain upgrade with the new, AI-powered ...

With Alexa Plus, the assistant can manage your smart devices, organize a dynamic calendar, control your Fire TV, and even follow you from one speaker to another as you move through your home. This ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amazon has a new Echo Auto to inject some AI assistant smarts into your "dumb" car. The second-generation in-car assistant hub, which Amazon ...

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You can use Alexa commands to play music, check the weather, order food, and even turn on your lights. Before giving a command, you need to say the "wake word" — by default, it's just "Alexa." Alexa ...

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Mahindra has teased a new set of features that will be seen on the upcoming XUV700. The company has been revealing details about the SUV’s equipment list for the past few weeks and the latest release ...

Amazon is taking another stab at getting Alexa into your car without requiring you to buy a whole new vehicle. It’s nicer looking and has some new features. But why you’d want this at all still ...

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After having gained a lot of success with its Echo line of speakers for homes, Amazon is focusing on increasing Alexa’s reach outside of your house too. A way to do this is to integrate the voice ...

Academic researchers have devised a new working exploit that commandeers Amazon Echo smart speakers and forces them to unlock doors, make phone calls and unauthorized purchases, and control furnaces, ...