November 20th, 2018Amazon has introduced a new feature to its device Alexa, and now, it would be able to even make Skype calls.
Your Echo/Plus/Dot, et al. will be able to do so via voice using a command like, “Alexa Skype Mom.” Echos with displays, meanwhile, will offer up the full video Skype experience. Users can also ask Alexa to dial a phone...
November 9th, 2018The retail giant Amazon has launched an Alexa app for Windows 10 computers on the Microsoft Store. Under this, the voice application will allow the PC owners to speak to Alexa to set reminders, timers, alarms; create lists and to-dos; track their calendar appointments; get news, weather and other information; play music; listen to...
October 23rd, 2018Amazon is joining hands with microchip firm Qualcomm for the purpose of spreading the use of Amazon's Alexa voice assistant in wireless headphones. Following the deal, Qualcomm will release a set of chips that any maker of Bluetooth headphones can use to embed Alexa directly into the device.
With this, when the headphones are...
October 4th, 2018Amazon has launched its new Fire TV Stick 4K which is an upgraded version of its streaming media stick along with a new Alexa-powered voice remote. The new device is priced at Rs 5,999 in India.
It features a quad-core 1.7GHz processor. Along with this, the device comes with support for 4K content, Dolby Vision and HDR10+ for an...
September 24th, 2018The social media giant Facebook is reportedly ready to make an announcement regarding its own video chat device called Portal next week with an aim to take on Amazon's smart home devices.
With this new launch, the company will give a fight to Amazon's Echo Show. It will be available in two variants where the larger variant could be...
August 15th, 2018Amazon's digital assistant Alexa from the past few months is bringing in various modifications for the purpose of increasing its customer base. Now, Alexa has introduced a feature that its users can teach it local Indian languages like Hindi, Marathi and Bengali.
The e-commerce major Amazon announced a new skill aimed at improving...
July 26th, 2018Amazon, the popular e-commerce platform is reportedly adding new features into its exclusive product Alexa. The company is expanding Alexa’s brain with the help of Yext Business Services.
Amazon is adding hours, addresses and phone numbers of more than 1 million business locations to its Alexa digital-assistant platform so...
June 12th, 2018Amazon has brought in a modification in the prices of its echo devices in India namely Amazon Echo Dot and Amazon Echo smart speakers. The prices of both the devices have been pulled down to a great extent.
The Echo Dot is now being sold at a price of Rs 4,099 which was earlier being sold for Rs 4,499 in the market. On the other hand,...
November 15th, 2017E-commerce giant Amazon has recently infused another sum of Rs 2,900 crore in its Amazon Seller Services, marking it a single-biggest infusion in its Indian arm, in comparison to Flipkart's raise of total $4 billion.
In this fiscal, Amazon has infused a total of $1 billion into its Amazon Seller Services (India). Earlier in September,...
May 8th, 2016Now you can speak to Amazon's Alexa through your iPhone. Yes, the company's voice assistance can connect to iOS 9.0 devices through an app named 'Lexi'.
Lexi gives users the access to most of Alexa's useful functions, including smart home controls, re-ordering Amazon products and of course, the ability to ask for anything, the Verge...
May 3rd, 2016Amazon.com Inc is investing between $250,000 and $500,000 in Bluetooth technology company TrackR to extend the reach of its Alexa virtual assistant, according to a source familiar with the matter
Alexa is the cloud-based system that controls the Amazon Echo, a speaker system launched by Amazon in 2014 that has emerged as a surprise...
