All Amazon Halo devices will stop working later this year, refunds to come

by dbadmin | Apr 26, 2023 | Amazon, Health, News

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Amazon is calling it quits on its Halo division. Halo devices are no longer available on Amazon’s website. The company announced that all Halo devices and the app will cease to function on August 1, 2023. On August 27, 2020,...

Struggle to hear dialog in TV shows? Prime Video has a cool solution.

by dbadmin | Apr 19, 2023 | Amazon, Amazon Prime Video, News, Streaming

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Amazon has brought a Dialogue Boost feature to Prime Video. This analyzes content audio to increase the volume of speech in a scene. It’s only available for select Amazon content right now, but it will come to more titles. Do...

T-Mobile customers can now use Alexa to make hands-free calls

by dbadmin | Mar 29, 2023 | Amazon, Amazon Alexa, News, T-Mobile

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority T-Mobile has made it possible for its customers to make and receive calls through Alexa. The feature arrives as a new T-Mobile Alexa Skill that links your number to your Alexa account. Hands-free calling on Alexa will be...

Google and Amazon smart speakers promised easier shopping, its still not here

by dbadmin | Jan 28, 2023 | Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, Features, Google Nest, Opinions

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Opinion post byDhruv Bhutani As a smart-everything aficionado, if there’s one tech product category that has landed squarely on the boulevard of broken dreams for me, it would have to be smart speakers. Available in a range of...

The Echo Show 15 may be the best screen for your kitchen island

by dbadmin | Jan 15, 2023 | Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, Features, Reviews, smart displays

If you’ve been shopping for smart displays lately, you’ve probably seen Amazon’s Echo Show 15, and both lusted after it and wondered where you could justify putting it in a home. I recently got my hands on one and after a bit of testing, it seems like the best answer...

Amazon announces Matter-over-Thread is coming to Echo devices this spring

by dbadmin | Jan 5, 2023 | Amazon, News, Smart Home

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Amazon says it will bring Matter-over-Thread support to its Echo devices this spring. All of the company’s remaining compatible Echo and Eero devices will be updated to support Matter by spring as well. The Alexa app will...