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Amazon Alexa Is Coming to Windows 10

Amazon is bringing Alexa to Windows 10 through partnerships with various OEMs. Alexa is being integrated into a handful of new PCs from Acer, ASUS, and HP, but it isn’t yet clear how nicely Alexa will play with Windows 10, or whether it will be available on existing devices. The biggest tech companies on the… read more »

Alexa Can Now Recognize Your Family’s Voices

Amazon’s Alexa now has the ability to recognize different people by voice alone. This means you and your family can all have different interactions with the online retailer’s digital assistant. Which is perfect for big families whose members all have different needs when it comes to using Alexa. We may have once called Alexa stupid,… read more »

You Can Now Use Alexa in the Amazon Music App

Alexa is now available right from within the Amazon Music app on Android and iOS. Previously, Alexa could control your tunes via one of Amazon’s many hardware devices, including its Echo range. But she has now been given a new home in the Amazon Music app on your smartphone as well. I use Alexa to… read more »

New Amazon Alexa Functionality Will Suggest Third-Party Skills

Amazon is making it much easier for Echo and Alexa-powered devices to find and use voice apps designed to extend their virtual assistant functionality. More Power to Alexa When you ask Alexa a question it doesn’t know the answer to, the digital assistant is typically forthcoming with its “Hmmmm, I don’t know that” answer. Unfortunately,… read more »

Alexa Can Now Play Baby-Making Music for You

Alexa is now capable of playing music based on different activities or states of mind. Which means you can ask Alexa to “play music for getting pumped up” or to “play music for meditation”. You can even ask Alexa to “play baby-making jazz music”. Which means exactly what you think it means. There are lots… read more »

4 Big Problems With Alexa Voice Shopping and How to Fix Them

The Amazon Echo is primarily a smart home hub, but you can get use out of it for several different scenarios. Maybe you want to make the Echo your music hub, or love the new calling and messaging feature. Did you know that your Echo can also order products from Amazon with just your voice?… read more »

The One Alexa Skill All Reddit Lovers Need

Along with Facebook and YouTube, Reddit forms part of the web’s holy triumvirate of time-wasters. You fire up the app with the intention of just checking your favorite sports team’s subreddit, but before you know it, you’ve spent three hours watching countless videos in /r/idiotsfightingthings. Surely there’s a better, less time-consuming way to get your… read more »

You Can Now Control Dish TV Using Amazon Alexa

The Dish Network has launched a new Alexa skill that lets you control your DVR using nothing but your voice. Dish TV subscribers with a Hopper or Wally receiver can use the Alexa skill to change channel, search for particular shows, and pause, rewind, and fast-forward what’s playing. It seems not a week goes by… read more »

You Can Now Make Free Voice Calls Using Alexa

Anyone with access to Alexa can now make free voice calls and send messages to anyone else with access to Alexa. This not only goes for people with Echo speakers, but also people who have the Alexa app installed on their phone. Which opens the option up to anyone on Android or on iOS. Amazon… read more »

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