Alexa

Amazon Alexa, known simply as Alexa, is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon, first used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot smart speakers developed by Amazon Lab126. Alexa is a cloud-based voice service that allows users to add products to a wish list, re-order items, check order status, and more - using just their voice.

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Amazon Upgrades Echo Show Devices, Debuts Kids’ Version
Amazon Upgrades Echo Show Devices, Debuts Kids’ Version
May 12, 2021  |  Amazon Technology

Seattle-based Amazon has released its latest Echo Show devices: the new Echo Show 8, Echo Show 5 and the first Echo Show 5 Kids. In...

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Amazon’s Alexa For Business Now Offers Zoom Rooms For Meetings
Amazon’s Alexa For Business Now Offers Zoom Rooms For Meetings
April 27, 2021  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon’s Alexa for Business is teaming up with Zoom Rooms to offer an easier approach to hands-free meetings. Amazon’s Alexa integration is available for organizations...

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

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...

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Amazon Connects Alexa To Its Halo Fitness Device
Amazon Connects Alexa To Its Halo Fitness Device
March 04, 2021  |  Wearables

Amazon’s fitness tracker Halo can now pair with Alexa smart speakers, giving users the ability to ask questions about their health without having to interact...

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Amazon’s Alexa Bases Updates On User Behavior
Amazon’s Alexa Bases Updates On User Behavior
January 26, 2021  |  Artificial Intelligence

Amazon has released Alexa’s latest round of updates and features designed to make the voice assistant more useful, more helpful and a bit more proactive....

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Smart Glasses: Amazon Introduces 2nd Gen Echo Frames Powered By Alexa
Smart Glasses: Amazon Introduces 2nd Gen Echo Frames Powered By Alexa
November 19, 2020  |  Amazon

Amazon is releasing its second generation of Echo Frames smart glasses to the general public, after offering the Alexa-powered eyeglasses by invitation only last year....

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Home Now The Hub For The Digital Economy
Home Now The Hub For The Digital Economy
October 20, 2020  |  Internet of Things

Before 2014, talking to a virtual assistant and instructing it to turn on the lights, start the dishwasher or order up the groceries was the...

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This Week In Payments: Amazon’s Hardware Event, Bank/FinTech Collaborations And Jumpstarting SMBs 
This Week In Payments: Amazon’s Hardware Event, Bank/FinTech Collaborations And Jumpstarting SMBs 
September 25, 2020  |  News

The world of payments and commerce keeps pushing forward — and fast this week. FISPAN Co-Founder Clayton Weir joined Karen Webster for the latest edition...

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Amazon’s Latest Devices Zero In On The Power Of The Connected Home
Amazon’s Latest Devices Zero In On The Power Of The Connected Home
September 24, 2020  |  Amazon

There were the things everyone expected to see at Amazon’s hardware event on Thursday (Sept. 24), like new Echo devices and Fire TV upgrades. And...

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