Digital Trends

JUNE 22, 2022

Whether you find it comforting or creepy depends on your disposition, but Amazon has found a way to get Alexa to speak in the voice of a deceased relative.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Amazon is adding its next high-profile celebrity voice option for its Alexa digital assistant, this time an exclusive for the India market. The baritone that has enchanted the Indian film industry for over five decades will soon deliver a unique voice experience.”. Photo by Prodip Guha/Getty Images. billion people.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 16, 2020

Tired of the same old Alexa? This step-by-step guide walks you through the steps to change her speaking voice.

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Engadget

MARCH 24, 2025

It goes without saying that many of these smart LED light bulbs work with Amazons Alexa and the Google Assistant, so if you already have a smart home setup in the works, you can find one that fits into your chosen ecosystem. Smart light bulb FAQs Whats the best smart light bulb for Alexa? There is no best smart light bulb for Alexa.

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The Verge

JANUARY 15, 2021

Amazon is giving car companies the unprecedented privilege of accessing the core artificial intelligence underpinning its Alexa digital assistant, a first for the company’s AI platform. Amazon is calling the new offering Alexa Custom Assistant. Car makers can design custom wake words and record unique voices for their assistants.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

“Voice skins” have become a very popular feature for AI-based voice assistants, to help personalize some of the more anodyne aspects of helpful, yet also kind of bland and robotic, speaking voices you get on services like Alexa. We want to be the platform for all things voice-related,” Lee said.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

With five microphones and some serious audio magic, your voice comes through clearly without you needing to shout like you're reporting live from a storm. And here's the kicker.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Jackson voice skill for its Alexa digital assistant to include tens of thousands more phrases, including much more of the actor’s iconic expletive-filled delivery. The news follows Amazon’s announcement on Monday that it plans to add its next celebrity voice, Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, for the Indian market some time next year.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Look at the race to dominate in voice-activated devices which saw the likes of Google, Amazon, Apple, and Samsung going head-to-head in 2017. From our friend Alexa and the compact Google Home to the wonderfully titled LingLong DingDong — China’s leading voice-activated device from JD.com — 2017 was big for voice.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

The Pop can serve as a more discreet Alexa assistant than the Echo Dot (which is fairly universally recognized as a smart home gadget). You’ll need the Alexa app on your phone, and it walks you through setup step-by-step. Everything else is done through voice commands or through the Alexa app.

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

Amazon is working on a new feature for its Alexa voice assistant that will let the software launch Android and iOS apps using voice commands, a first for Amazon’s assistant and a bold expansion of its strategy to position Alexa as a platform-agnostic alternative to Apple’s Siri and Google Assistant.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Jackson voice is a fun skill for your Alexa-enabled devices. The Samuel L. We show you how to get this skill on your Echo device and customize the options.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

And if you love yelling at your devices, built-in Alexa voice control lets you adjust settings without touching a remote. Adaptive Sound enhances dialogue, while the Active Voice Amplifier keeps voices clear, even in chaotic scenes. Price: $634.95 $1,399 Retailer: Walmart Sound Channels: 7.1.2

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

From there, you can tell the Astro to go to a specific location either with a voice command or remotely through the app. Surrounding the telescoping pole are the far-field mics that are used to pick up voice commands. Lastly, Amazon sees the Astro as the next level of how Alexa can integrate into your home.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Amazon is testing a new feature for its iOS Alexa app: the ability to type out Alexa commands, instead of having to ask questions or requests by speaking out loud. Type with Alexa is available to iOS customers in the U.S.,” The new feature — first spotted by The Ambient — is available for iOS users in the Alexa app.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Amazon's Alexa voice assistant has more than a few tricks to help you get a good night's sleep. Here's how to use Alexa devices to fall asleep fast.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“By the way, I’m much more than just a voice-activated timer.” | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. If you regularly use an Alexa device, you’ve probably been upsold by Amazon’s assistant at some point. Bloomberg ’s report is based on internal Amazon docs, and features some interesting statistics about Alexa usage.

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The Next Web

JUNE 23, 2018

Voice automation is on everyone’s mind this year, and for good reason. Siri, Alexa, and their peers have sparked visions of a science-fiction-like future and generated excitement around their potential to help simplify our lives with a widely accessible, responsive user interface. Yet this technology is still in its infancy.

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VentureBeat

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In rearchitecting the upgraded Alexa voice assistant, Amazon turned to model mixing to bring agentic capabilities to devices. Read More

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

RedRoute , a voice-based customer service experiences and conversational artificial intelligence startup, is going after an emerging $350 billion customer service automation sector. That’s when they realized there was an opportunity to fix the back-end channels of customer service and contact centers. Image Credits: RedRoute.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 31, 2021

Helpen is an interesting fundraising concept that combines voice giving with print. Designed to inspire generosity in children, members are mailed monthly postcards featuring nonprofits and then the family can listen to the impact of their giving through Alexa. Helpen :: helpen.com. Jewelry for Good :: jewelryforgood.org.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 1, 2022

Amazon's Alexa app brings its immensely popular voice search and control features to many Android and iOS phones. We'll show you how to make the most of it.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

If you’re an Alexa person, these come with built-in voice control. Price: $249.99 $399.99 Need to skip a song? Just swipe. Need to pause for a second to pretend you're listening to someone? It’s all so smooth and intuitive that it makes button-mashing feel medieval.

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Digital Trends

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

You don't need an extra smart device to use the Alexa voice assistant: Here's how to get Alexa on your Windows PC and give voice commands from your computer.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Or connect it to an Alexa-enabled device to view a live stream, arm and disarm the system with your voice, and more. You can set it up to send notifications to your phone whenever it detects motion and customize the settings so it only alerts you when it detects people, not pets.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Auto Mode is a new feature coming to Amazon’s Alexa app that turns your phone into a “driver-friendly display” when used with Alexa auto accessories like the Echo Auto , the company says. However, when we reviewed it for ourselves, we found Alexa wasn’t great at helping with the kinds of queries we had while driving.

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2021

Alexa’s pleasant, feminine voice has filled the homes of millions over the past few years, but now Amazon has finally released a masculine counterpart for it. Amazon is late to this — both Apple and Google have offered different voices, both feminine and masculine, in their virtual assistants for years.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With Alexa's Sound Detectors, the voice assistant can now listen for the sounds of running water and beeping appliances in your home. Here's how to configure.

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TechSpot

MARCH 17, 2025

An email that Amazon sent to customers confirms that the Do Not Send Voice Recordings feature they enabled on supported Echo devices will soon no longer be available. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2021

Amazon toyed with yet another way of ingratiating itself into the lives of you and your family through an Alexa-enabled wearable for kids, Bloomberg reports. The $99 wearable, codenamed “Seeker,” would reportedly feature GPS, voice activation (presumably for some kind of Alexa features), and be targeted for children ages four to 12.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Avoid making any Grinch-like moves this holiday and manage your Amazon shopping notifications in the Alexa app to help keep the magic alive. How to turn off package notifications on Alexa. Open the Alexa app. How to stop Alexa asking you to rate purchases. Tap on More in the bottom right hand corner.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Alexa's Routines function lets you complete multiple tasks using just a single voice command. Here's a handy guide on how to add Routines to your smart home.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Jordan, who you might know as Erik Killmonger from Black Panther or quarterback Vince Howard from Friday Night Lights , as the company’s Alexa smart assistant. In the ad, a woman dreams of what it would be like if Alexa was personified as the very handsome Jordan, and she’s appropriately smitten with the AI. Maybe a little too good.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

PolyAI builds and deploys voice assistants for automating customer services, which, claims the startup, sound like real humans. This helps companies get an infinite and cheaper supply of their best human voice operators, which reduces customer waiting times, and increases customer satisfaction and retention, says the company.

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The Verge

JUNE 26, 2021

According to a Friday filing with the Federal Communications Commission (first discovered by Protocol ), Verizon is preparing to launch a smart display device based on the Alexa voice assistant. building Alexa skills specific to certain devices.

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Wired

MARCH 17, 2025

Amazon is killing its Do Not Send Voice Recordings privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.

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TechRepublic

MARCH 17, 2025

Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexas voice ID to expand its generative AI capabilities.

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