by dbadmin | Apr 25, 2025 | Amazon Alexa, Deals, Google Assistant, News, Smart Home
Credit: GE If you have any kind of outdoor lights, Christmas lighting, speakers, or other outdoor electronics, chances are they aren’t really smart. And if you try to add smart home functionality, regular smart plugs aren’t meant for outdoor use, so they will get...
by dbadmin | Apr 11, 2025 | Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, Deals, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The Amazon Echo 4th Generation is still the best speaker for most people. Sure, the Amazon Echo Studio is technically “better,” but it is a specialized and overpriced speaker that few can justify buying. The Amazon Echo 4th...
by dbadmin | Apr 10, 2025 | Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, Deals, News
Credit: Amazon Getting a smart speaker should be one of the first things you do to smarten up your home. The Amazon Echo Pop is very convenient, intelligent, small, and among the most affordable of its kind. It’s also currently on sale for $29.99, but you can also get...
by dbadmin | Mar 31, 2025 | AI, Amazon, Amazon Alexa, News
Credit: Stephen Schenck / Android Authority Alexa Plus has launched in early access for a small number of users. The AI-powered assistant is missing a few of its promised features. The delayed features reportedly don’t live up to Amazon’s standards for a public...
by dbadmin | Mar 17, 2025 | Amazon, Amazon Alexa, News
Credit: Roger Fingas / Android Authority Amazon is removing Alexa’s on-device processing capabilities in preparation for its generative AI upgrade. The company recently alerted users of this change in an email stating that the ‘Do Not Send Voice Recordings’ feature...
by dbadmin | Mar 4, 2025 | Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Features
This past week, Amazon introduced Alexa Plus, a new incarnation of its virtual assistant that’s all ready for 2025, equipped with exactly the sort of large language models (LLMs) and agentic capabilities that it needs to compete against the likes of Google Gemini. I...
