Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

soundbar system costs $750 and comes with Wi-Fi capabilities and Amazon Alexa conveniently built-in.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

SEE ALSO: The 10 best Amazon Echo devices for a smarter home Amazon devices event: What to expect The first thing to know about this event is that, per Engadget , Amazon sent out five separate invites to the press, which, when combined, spelled out "Alexa." It was supposed to launch in 2024, but that didn't happen. That's not ideal.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Alexa has powerful privacy features that you should utilize to protect your personal information and review which Skills can access your data.

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The Verge

JUNE 12, 2021

Amazon’s smallest smart display has gotten the tiniest of refreshes Amazon recently updated a couple of its Alexa-based Echo Show smart displays. The Echo Show 5 also has a handy feature that lets you tap the top of the device to snooze an alarm, which is easier than trying to say “Alexa snooze” when you’re half awake.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Hunches — which are part of Amazon’s broader Alexa smart home platform — are AI-driven decisions that use data from your Alexa smart home to decide what to do with your temperature. These functions are available to any smart thermostat that works with Alexa, but you will not find one as inexpensive as this one. So, tradeoffs.

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Digital Trends

MAY 13, 2021

Some features are works in progress, but the new Buds are a nice upgrade.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 23, 2021

This versatile smart hub features an 8-inch screen and adds touchscreen functionality to the ubiquitous Alexa platform. Our review called the second-generation Echo Show “still the best Alexa smart display” and was particularly impressed by the new camera and robust speaker quality. Read our review. Read our review.

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2022

The second is that you can change the weights using voice commands to Alexa. If you want to use the dumbbells with Alexa, you’ll have to take a few extra steps to link the iSelect app and your Amazon account. In reality, Alexa was sometimes fast. Other times, Alexa got very confused. The dumbbells (or smartbells?)

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

Amazon has announced a new feature for its Halo fitness-tracking gadget : Alexa integration. With this new feature, Halo owners will be able to ask Alexa devices for various health stats, such as their sleep score or activity points obtained during the day. Alexa integration options in the Halo app. Image: Amazon.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The new Show is the first smart display that can follow you around Since its inception in 2015, Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant has always been a disembodied digital form trapped in a box of electronics. Alexa behaves in the same way on all of them: you ask it to do something, then it provides a polite response and does that thing.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Note: Because of the way Fitbit structured the embargo on reviews, I had far less time to test than would be ideal for this kind of device (just five days). We may update this review down the road if longer-duration testing proves to garner important insights. The Sense does what every Fitbit ever has done: counts your steps.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

According to Amazon, the Echo Buds now have the ability to track walks, runs, and other workouts, all initiated with Alexa voice commands. The Echo Buds rely on built-in accelerometers for tracking steps, and this is used in combination with personal stats entered into a “workout profile” in the Alexa app for other data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports. Then help implement these tools. 14. Can you survey nonrenewing donors to see why they didn’t renew?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Despite its age, we still think it’s a great little smart speaker for the price, with decent sound and plenty of functionality thanks to Amazon’s Alexa. Read our review. The Echo Frames are a lightweight pair of glasses outfitted with built-in small speakers and mics, which make it possible to listen to music and use Alexa on the go.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Of course, it does everything other Echo displays and speakers do, thanks to the presence of Amazon’s smart voice assistant, Alexa. This includes playing music, showing weather reports, streaming video, controlling smart home gadgets, telling fart jokes, all the stuff you’ve come to rely on Alexa for.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

They even made some time to briefly discuss reviews for Apple’s 2020 iPad , iOS 14 , and Fitbit’s Sense watch — the episode is longer than Amazon’s event. Amazon’s AZ1 Neural Edge processor will make Alexa voice commands even faster. Alexa’s latest upgrades help it listen to multiple people and ask clarifying questions.

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The Verge

JUNE 21, 2020

Amazon is ending support for its Dash Wand, an Alexa-enabled device that let shoppers scan grocery barcodes and order household essentials from their homes. Shoppers can still use other Alexa-enabled devices to add items to a shopping list, the company noted. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2021

For this review, I’ll keep it simple and focus on speakers that resemble the Roam in size. I’ve also managed to drop my two review units a few times, and they’ve come away with only light blemishes and a couple nicks you really have to hunt for to notice. You can use either Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant with the built-in mics.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

At the very apex are four buttons: volume up, volume down, microphone mute, and the “action” button, which puts the speaker into listening mode without you having to say “Alexa”. Alexa’s signature LED light ring is now on the bottom. It’s now on the bottom, which might be harder to see from a distance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. A user-generated charity review site that’s ideal for nonprofits that are too small to get officially reviewed by Charity Navigator or the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, your supporters can write reviews for your nonprofit that you can then link to on your “Donate Now” landing page.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Amazon has introduced a new novelty voice for Alexa this festive season: Santa Claus. After enabling the skill with the command “Alexa, enable ‘Hey Santa,’” you can ask St. Nick to sing songs, crack jokes, tell stories, or just respond to typical Alexa commands like setting timers or playing music in his more festive voice.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

What it is not is an Alexa device, despite having four microphones built in and sharing a name with the Echo lamp for kids. Grandma or Grandpa has to sign in to their Amazon account (or sign up for one), add a mobile number, receive a text message confirmation code, and enter it in the app to enable Alexa calling.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

It supports Alexa and Google Assistant voice assistants. My colleague Dan Seifert reviewed this model , and he noted that whether the Move was plugged in or running off its battery, the sound didn’t lose its punch — even when used outside. To switch between the modes, just tap a button on the back of the Move.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. A user-generated charity review site that’s ideal for nonprofits that are too small to get officially reviewed by Charity Navigator or the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, your supporters can write reviews for your nonprofit that you can then link to on your “Donate Now” landing page.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 8, 2021

And the two products go tit for tat in their core video and audio streaming features despite the older model often being discounted; at the time of this review, the regular Fire TV Stick 4K is on sale for $33.99. And you also get a newer Alexa voice remote in the box with app shortcuts and a handy shortcut to live TV programming.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 17, 2020

The pressure was on to make a bigger, better Echo Show device, and Amazon delivered at a reasonable price.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2021

Hands-free Alexa voice commands still get top billing, but the most compelling thing about the Echo Buds is still their aggressive price — and the solid mix of features you get in exchange. hours if you disable noise canceling and hands-free Alexa. The Echo Buds cost $99.99 This stretches to 6.5 Both AAC and SBC codecs are supported.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

The Fire HD 8 starts at $89.99, the Fire HD 8 Plus that I’m reviewing starts at $109.99, with the option to buy a wireless charging dock bundle at $140. It’s not as full featured as Google Photos, but it does integrate better with Alexa. They’re incredibly (and perhaps unfairly) inexpensive. What’s not to love? Well, using it.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. A user-generated charity review site that’s ideal for nonprofits that are too small to get officially reviewed by Charity Navigator or the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, your supporters can write reviews for your nonprofit that you can then link to on your “Donate Now” landing page.

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The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2022

The NordicTrack iSelect Adjustable Dumbbells are voice-controlled weights that work with Amazon Alexa. As in, you can now ask Alexa to adjust how heavy your dumbbells are instead of having to do it yourself. Another factor to keep in mind is that you need an Alexa-enabled device to use the voice controls.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This budget-friendly speaker comes with everything you need to fill your house with sweet sounds and use Alexa voice control without the big price tag. Or if you already have a suite of Echo devices and are looking to add a little more Alexa to your home." Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Amazon Echo Pop $29.99 at Amazon $39.99

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Both of these requests are handled by Alexa on an Echo speaker with no issue. Asking for specific, newly released albums, such as Shore by Fleet Foxes, failed no matter how I phrased my request, prompting the Nest Audio to either say it can’t find what I’m asking for or just play something incorrect.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Joining Spark in the round were Amazon’s Alexa Fund, Bar 9 Ventures and existing investors. The machines can be controlled via voice command from Amazon’s Alexa or a single tap on the machine or from a mobile app. Drinkers can leave reviews and get recommendations, as well as take a quiz to match with various coffees.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But while that vision includes surveillance drones and being followed around your home by a rolling Alexa-on-wheels called Astro , it was missing products for the other place people spend a lot of their time — their cars. Amazon first launched the voice-enabled add-on as a way to get Alexa into cars in 2018.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Read our review. Read our full review. Read our full review. Read our review. Last year’s update of Amazon’s standard Fire TV stick comes with an Alexa voice remote, and is currently available for $20 instead of $40. Read our review. Read our review. Right now, you can buy it for $45 instead of $85.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Not to mention, its reengineered microphone array makes for better Alexa responsiveness and its AZ2 Neural Edge processor makes for a speedier experience overall. They don't offer noise cancellation or the most comfortable fit, but they sound great, last for up to 20 hours, and seamlessly pair with your other Alexa gadgets.

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