A US judge has asked Amazon to hand over audio recordings from an Amazon Echo which was in a house where two women died. Their bodies were found under the porch of a home in New Hampshire with multiple stab wounds. The man accused of their murder has pleaded not guilty and is due to […]
Users earlier today reported that Amazon Echo devices and the voice-controlled personal assistant service Alexa were not working, according to downdetector.com and social media. According to the outage map on Down Detector, Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant wasn’t working in various parts of the U.S., Europe and India. The issue seems to be concentrated on the […]
Amazon Alexa just learned a few new tricks that should make it easier for you to stay of your busy schedule. To kick things off, Alexa can now create named timers, so you can keep everything straight when attempting to set up multiple timers at once, Amazon announced on Thursday. The voice-powered virtual assistant, which […]
The AT&T Send Message Skill, set to be made available on November 19, will let AT&T customers send text messages by asking their Amazon Echo to do it for them. The skill we be added to the Amazon Alexa application (for Android and iOS). AT&T says it is the first carrier to bring messaging to […]
D-Link has announced that its Connected Home Wi-Fi Smart Plugs are directly compatible with Amazon Echo, Which saw a sneak peek of during CES this year. Amazon Echo’s voice-powered personal assistant, Alexa, enables users to control anything plugged into a Wi-Fi Smart Plug by simply saying, “Alexa, ask mydlink to turn on the hallway light.” […]
Amazon has announced two new Alex-enabled devices: the Amazon Echo Dot and Amazon Tap. The Echo Dot appears to be a smaller version of its original Echo as it offers the same features and can be used in the similar ways. Users can connect the Echo Dot directly to speakers using an audio cable or […]
Alarm.com the leading platform solution for the smart home, announced plans for smart home voice control for lighting and smart thermostats through Amazon Echo. Alarm.com users will be able to control the lighting and comfort in their smart home with the hands-free convenience of voice commands. With Amazon Echo and the Amazon cloud-based voice service […]
Amazon has finally made its Echo network-connected speaker available for purchase by anyone, seven months after the company initially launched the device. Previously only sold to Amazon Prime subscribers and on an invitation-only basis, the Echo can now be bought by all customers in the United States without requiring an invitation, with the retailer expecting […]