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Automotive Alexa Applications to Star at Amazon Hardware Event
September 27, 2021

Connected car fanatics are eagerly awaiting Amazon’s annual fall hardware event on Tuesday (Sept. 28), in hopes that whatever cards the platform giant is holding close to its vest include meaningful enhancements to the in-dash experiences that Alexa enables for drivers. Famously tight-lipped about the...

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Home Depot Wants To Be the Control Hub for All Your Smart Devices  
September 02, 2021

The Home Depot has introduced an app that makes it easier for consumers to control compatible smart home products by saying, “Hey Google” or “Alexa.”   The big-box home improvement retailer says its newly launched “Hubspace” app makes it easy to integrate the smart home products...

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Report: Verizon Building Smart Display With Alexa Tech
June 27, 2021

Verizon is likely to roll out a new smart display based on Amazon’s Alexa, The Verge reported, citing a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The filing depicts an Amazon Echo-looking device with an 8-inch display and a front facing camera. It will be...

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The Week In Voice Technology: Upgrades, Investments And Digital Wine Discoveries
April 22, 2021

Voice spent much of the last week or so making itself heard in a variety of applications designed to be more relevant to consumers’ day-to-day lives. The new features rolling out across voice platforms are helping users do everything from choosing the right wine pairing...

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BigTech, OEMs Rev Up Connected Cars’ Future
April 06, 2021

Another connected car partnership is making its way onto the track as Google and Fiat are teaming up to take on connected cars. A variation on the popular 500 line of Fiats, the new Hey Google edition comes prepared for the rider who wants their...

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Fiat Unveils ‘Hey Google’ Line Of Connected Cars
April 04, 2021

Fiat has unveiled a version of its popular 500 level cars equipped with Google technology and sporting Google trim elements, according to a press release. “The 500 Family Hey Google makes it possible to interact remotely with your 500, 500X and 500L in the most...

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Sensory Advances Voice Tech Development With Natural Language Interface
January 20, 2021

When they spoke a little over a half a year ago, the first wave of COVID-19 was ebbing and the great reopening was just starting to pick up steam. At that time, Todd Mozer, CEO and chairman of voice technology firm Sensory, told Karen Webster that for all...

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Sensory’s VoiceHub Will Boost Accessibility For Voice Assistants
January 19, 2021

Sensory has released VoiceHub, an online portal for developers to create voice control command sets for prototyping, and the platform will allow users to add a natural language voice user interface (UI) to anything, with the help of more vocabulary additions, according to a press...

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How Voice Is Winning Consumers By Being Everywhere They Want To Be
January 18, 2021

While historians will have no shortage of things to write about at great length when it comes to the year 2020, one of the highlights will have to be how a year spent at home completely rewrote consumer shopping habits end-to-end. That was seen both...