Alexa

If You Want an A.I. Job, Go with Siri or Alexa

Nate Swanner, 

April 4, 2018

When it comes to artificial intelligence (A.I.), three major players exist in the consumer space: Google, Apple, and Amazon all have their own take on the …

Amazon Continues to Lead the Smart Speaker Market

Nick Kolakowski, 

April 2, 2018

Voice-activated digital assistants and “smart speakers” continue to dominate the consumer sphere; if you’re an app builder or developer, you’re probably wondering how you can monetize …

Alexa Introduces New Skill, ‘Kids,’ That Devs Can Monetize

Nick Kolakowski, 

March 1, 2018

Over the past year, Amazon expanded the categories of Alexa skills that developers can monetize, eventually reaching seven: Education & Reference Food & Drink Games, Trivia …

Siri Might Just Be Smarter Than Alexa: Report

Nate Swanner, 

January 11, 2018

While digital artificial intelligence (A.I.) assistants are still (mostly) dumb, new research shows that Siri has improved quite a bit. Comparatively speaking, Apple’s digital assistant is …

Facebook Portal to Challenge Echo Show: Report

Nate Swanner, 

January 10, 2018

Facebook is set to enter the home hub market, according to a new report. News site Cheddar is reporting that Facebook will introduce ‘Portal’ this Spring, …

Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant Move to Dominate CES

Nick Kolakowski, 

January 9, 2018

At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the emphasis is on artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning. Any number of vendors will spend …

Which Digital Assistant Will Fail Next Year?

Nick Kolakowski, 

January 5, 2018

Tech firms (and more than a few independent developers) have embraced voice-activated digital assistants as the way of the future. Amazon’s Echo devices, powered by Alexa, …

More Americans Embracing Voice-Activated Digital Assistants

Nick Kolakowski, 

January 2, 2018

New data from the Pew Research Center suggests that 46 percent of U.S. adults rely on voice-controlled digital assistants. Those interactions mostly take place on a …

Amazon Updates API for New Alexa ‘Routines’

Nate Swanner, 

September 29, 2017

In addition to several new pieces of Echo hardware, Amazon has announced a new feature for users and developers that will help make the ‘smart home’ …

Amazon May Bring Alexa to Eyeglasses

Nick Kolakowski, 

September 21, 2017

Amazon is reportedly researching “smart glasses” that will leverage Alexa, its voice-activated digital assistant. According to a report in the Financial Times, the device won’t resemble …