It sounds like I’m talking to a teenage girl, wayyyy too peppy for me at 6 o’clock in the morning. Strongly debating going to ...

Smart assistants feel friendly, which makes oversharing easy. Here's a look at Alexa questions that can cause real problems ...

Amazon is expanding Alexa's new AI powers outward, as both Prime and other Amazon users may now access Alexa+ on the web for ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Ten years ago, Amazon imagined a future beyond apps — and it had the idea basically right. But the perfect ...

Amazon started the current trend of voice assistants when it launched the Amazon Echo four years ago. But the first-mover advantage doesn’t last all that long in tech, and Google has been pouring its ...

On Thursday, Amazon introduced nearly a dozen new Alexa-powered products to the world. Some, like this year’s Echo Dot, were standard upgrades to familiar products. But in the bulk of the newcomers ...

Namely, you can now use person detection to fire off a set of commands as part of an Alexa routine. Think about lights that turn on and off depending on whether anyone is in the room. An air ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Author of best seller AARP Roadmap for the Rest of Your Life. In the olden days – way back in the 20th century – when my wife and ...

Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa is typically associated with smart devices, from Amazon’s own Echo smart speaker line to compatible TVs, air conditioners, and more. But we don’t always mention that ...

Amazon is making it easier for Echo and Alexa-powered device owners to find voice apps that extend the functionality of its virtual assistant. The company recently launched a new feature that has ...

More than 100 million devices with Alexa on board have been sold. That’s the all-too-rare actual number that Amazon’s SVP of devices and services, Dave Limp, revealed to me earlier this week. That’s ...