This Echo is more than a standard speaker and it’s presented as “a smart home gateway and entertainment centerpiece” in its ...

Normally, the Amazon Echo Auto will run you $55 but right now it is part of an Amazon limited time deal as we lead into Prime ...

Christina is a freelance editor and contributor with Newsweek’s small business team. With a passion for small business optimization and strategy, Christina has successfully launched her own ...

Whether you own Alexa, Google Home or Apple HomeKit products, you must optimize your smart home experience.

According to images seen by The Verge, Amazon is testing changing the name of its Echo smart speakers and smart displays to Alexa. We saw two separate instances of Amazon.com landing pages ...

In the decade-plus since Amazon introduced its line of Echo smart speakers, we've been using "Alexa" to address them. It's the default wake word, and soon, as Alexa+, will be the name that marks ...

A conversation with Daniel Rausch, Amazon’s vice president of Alexa and Echo, recorded at the company’s Seattle headquarters.

Amazon started the Alexa Fund in 2015 to back early-stage voice startups. With the advent of large language models and Amazon launching Gen AI-powered Alexa+, along with a family of multimodal AI ...

Saved recordings are used for Amazon’s Voice ID feature, which distinguishes between speakers in the same household and aims to provide a personalised experience. Alexa users also have a setting ...

An account with OpenAI to grab one of its API keys, and an Amazon Developer account to set up the Alexa integration using an Alexa Skill. You can set up an Amazon developer account at this URL.

Currently, the model supports multiple expressive voices, both masculine and feminine, in American and British English.