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If you’re a T-Mobile subscriber, good news: Your Alexa-powered Amazon Echo speaker just became a phone. Amazon just announced that T-Mobile is the latest U.S. carrier to support Alexa’s carrier ...

Amazon Alexa can now make and receive calls if you’re an AT&T customer, essentially turning your smart home device into a giant speakerphone. The tech giant announced the new feature called “AT&T ...

My wife and I have a few Amazon Echo Dots in our home. We have them tied to our home automation system so we can control our lights or thermostat through Alexa’s voice control. Whenever I show off ...

T-Mobile has made it possible for its customers to make and receive calls through Alexa. The feature arrives as a new T-Mobile Alexa Skill that links your number to your Alexa account. Hands-free ...

I’ve been looking into technology to help an older friend stay independent. This friend has fallen in their home more than once and I’m investigating ways for them to not be stuck on the floor waiting ...

Alexa calling, the feature that lets users place voice and video calls from Alexa devices, like the Echo, is now coming to tablets. Amazon announced this morning added support for calling as well as ...

In what Microsoft officials are calling "the next step in the collaboration between Microsoft and Amazon," Skype calling support is coming to Alexa devices starting later this year. Microsoft and ...

Some of the Alexa devices that now support Skype. (Microsoft Photo) Skype audio and video calling is now available on Alexa-powered devices, the latest integration to come out of the alliance between ...

Alexa calling, the feature that lets users place voice and video calls from Alexa devices, like the Echo, is now coming to tablets. Amazon announced this morning added support for calling as well as ...

I've been looking into technology to help an older friend stay independent. This friend has fallen in their home more than once and I'm investigating ways for them to not be stuck on the floor waiting ...

My wife and I have a few Amazon Echo Dots in our home. We have them tied to our home automation system so we can control our lights or thermostat through Alexa's voice control. Whenever I show off ...