Mashable Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Translation: movies, music, and TV shows sound richer, fuller, and more spread across your space instead of just blasting straight at you. Grab Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds for $80 off at Amazon. You can stream directly from your phone or use Wi-Fi to access internet radio and built-in music services through the Bose Music app.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Netflix or Amazon may suggest what to watch or buy next based on viewing history, but a taste atlas goes much deeper. Use your voice: If talking jogs your memory, use conversation mode in ChatGPT , Claude , Googles Gemini , or Microsofts CoPilot. Why analyze your preferences? This isnt just another recommendation engine. Limitation: 2.0

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Engadget

MARCH 31, 2025

It's the last day of Amazon's week-long Big Spring Sale , and while the event has mostly focused on things like apparel and outdoor goods, it still does include a few noteworthy deals on electronics. As a reminder, you dont need to be an Amazon Prime subscriber to see most of the price drops.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

SAVE $100: As of April 1, Bose QuietComfort Ultra noise-canceling headphones are available for $329 at Amazon. Enter Bose QuietComfort Ultra, now down to $329 at Amazon — aka a full $100 off the usual $429 price. Calls sound crystal clear too, thanks to a mic that focuses on your voice and filters out background chaos.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

She also talks about Wiser AI, an initiative she recently founded to support women leaders and other underrepresented voices in artificial intelligence. They discuss the need to hear voices from the disability community in conversations about AI development and policy.

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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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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Google has announced that Apple Music is now available on smart speakers and displays that use the Google Assistant, including Google’s own line of Nest products, such as the new Nest Audio. As with the other services available on Google smart speakers, you can play Apple Music on multiple speakers at the same time for whole home audio.

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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 Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

And Amazon, naturally, is not standing still. Amazon also has a brand-new Echo Dot lineup that, well, echoes the design of the larger model, shrinking it down and bringing it to an even lower price point. That depth allows Amazon to use two tweeters (each 0.8-inch) And it’s all for the same $99.99

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Neil Young was the first to pull his music from the service, followed by Joni Mitchell and others. Although some Spotify fans might disagree, there are quite a few alternatives available for good music listening. Amazon Music. Amazon Music. Apple Music. Apple Music.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Image: Amazon. Amazon has announced an upgraded model of its Echo Frames smart glasses , adding better sound quality, longer battery life, and new colors. Like the original model, the new Echo Frames are designed to offer a simple, discreet way to use Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant during your everyday outings.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Amazon has introduced a new novelty voice for Alexa this festive season: Santa Claus. 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. Just preface a command with “Hey Santa” and Alexa will respond in the new voice.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

at Amazon as part of its Big Spring Sale. at Amazon $129 Save $29.01 Get Deal Amazon’s Spring Sale is delivering some pretty solid Apple deals , and the newly launched AirPods 4 just got their first price drop. SEE ALSO: The Apple AirPods Pro 2 are listed for under $170 in the Amazon Spring Sale The sound quality?

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

in the Amazon Big Spring Sale. at Amazon $179 Save $29.01 at Amazon $179 Save $29.01 for Amazon’s Spring Sale, which is $29 off the $179 list price. SEE ALSO: The Apple AirPods Pro 2 are listed for under $170 in the Amazon Spring Sale The real story, though, is the sound. They just dropped to $149.99

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Among Amazon's flagship devices like Kindles and Fire TVs, Echos are the star of the show. Amazon's list of devices is ever-growing, so we've tested them to find the best Echo devices for your smart home. So if you are going to buy an Amazon smart home device, it's worth holding out until the next sale. What can Alexa do?

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

The BBC’s in-house voice assistant, ‘Beeb,’ has been released in beta, allowing Windows Insiders in the UK to test the software on Windows 10, the UK broadcaster announced today. The corporation boasts that Beeb is “the first public service voice assistant.” The first public service voice assistant”. Image: BBC.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Synthetic speech tech startup Murf gives a voice, literally, to content creators of all sizes. Murf, which now has a library of more than 120 human-parity AI voices across 20 languages, announced today it has raised $10 million Series A funding led by Matrix partners. Murf’s founders.

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The Verge

APRIL 7, 2021

Image: Amazon. The Amazon Music mobile app is getting a new feature to make it a little bit easier to use while driving. Car Mode is a simplified version of Amazon Music’s interface, featuring larger buttons, suggested playlists and albums, and easy access to Alexa.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2021

If you’re hunting for a set of truly wireless earbuds that offer great sound quality, active noise cancellation, IPX7 water resistance, a comfy fit, and other handy features, Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro are at an especially good price today on Amazon. The bigger 44mm Apple Watch Series 6 in this colorway is $359 at Amazon.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Photo: Amazon. Amazon is developing a thin Echo device for users to mount on their walls and use as a “smart home command center,” according to a report in Bloomberg. Naturally, it’s also said to include Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

He settled on voice. Tawo’s PayTalk, which is one of the first products in Amazon’s Black Founders Build with Alexa Program , uses conversational AI to carry out transactions via smart devices. we … saw that there was increased interest in the use of voice services. .

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Feb. Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Feb. With Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day on the horizon, there are plenty of impressive discounts up for grabs from brands like Sony, Samsung , and Amazon itself. at Amazon $59.99 at Amazon $449.99

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Amazon’s long-awaited home robot is here In the fall of 1962, TV-watching audiences were invited to meet the Jetsons, a space-dwelling, flying-car-driving family from the future and their dog, Astro. Amazon’s Astro is not a dog; instead, it’s the company’s long-rumored home assistant robot. Animation: Amazon.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

It’s a little glimpse into a future Alexa robot that could become much more than a voice powered remote control. Amazon says the Show 10’s ability to move makes it easier to follow a recipe with it. The prior 10-inch Echo Show didn’t have a physical shutter, though Amazon did add it to the smaller Echo Show 5 and Echo Show 8.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

As he watched first overall draft pick Cam Newton warm up before a game in 2011, dancing to music, Fox couldn’t help but wonder what the future NFL MVP was listening to — and he bet that the crowd of 85,000 fans were curious too. To use Earbuds, users must have a paid account on Spotify or Apple Music.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Image: Amazon. 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. The driving-focused mode consists of four screens. The Play screen gives access to media playback.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s faster to respond to voice commands, and most importantly, it sounds a lot better than the Google Home ever could. But in the four years since the Google Home, Amazon has released multiple generations of new Echo models and leap-frogged the Home in audio quality, design, and features.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Feb. We did a little bit of extra digging at Amazon to pull out a handful of discounts on top brands — like Lenovo and Apple — that we think are worth grabbing. Here are our picks for the best Amazon deals of the day on Feb. at Amazon $99.00 at Amazon $279.99

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Apple’s newest smart speaker is way more affordable but still chasing Amazon and Google Two and a half years ago, Apple finally entered the smart speaker market with the HomePod. It will glow white when music is playing or green when you’re using the mini as a speakerphone for calls. HomePod mini sound quality.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This Echo Show on the wall is the fairest of them all, but it’s not that smart The original idea for Amazon’s Echo Show was a large, screen-based device that would offer up relevant, glanceable information for the modern family, replacing outdated devices like bulletin boards, paper calendars, and sticky notes on the fridge.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

But competitors haven’t been sitting idle: Bose’s Noise Canceling Headphones 700 are neck and neck with Sony for noise cancellation and have better microphones for voice calls. And aside from a few tweaks Sony made to how it upscales music, the 1000XM4s sound just like their predecessors — a very good thing, trust me.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

It characterizes the work it’s done to provide Google’s music services and Assistant voice assistant technology on Sonos products as “significant assistance in designing, implementing, and testing.”. We had it ready, we showed it to Google and Amazon. Amazon said yes.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Amazon has revealed its new collaboration with singer Billie Eilish: a limited-edition Echo Studio speaker. Image: Amazon. If you were in a tizzy about what to get the devoted Billie Eilish fan in your family for the holidays, Amazon might have just solved your problem — assuming you’re prepared to drop $230 on them.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Image: Amazon. If you’ve got an Amazon Fire TV box, hate picking up a voice remote, and have a separate Alexa-enabled device like an Echo smart speaker, then I have some great news. You’ll need to pair an external Alexa-enabled device like an Amazon Echo to get the functionality to work, however.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

The Sonos Move smart speaker is $100 off at retailers like Best Buy , B&H Photo and Amazon today only, bringing the cost from $400 to a more reasonable $300. It supports Alexa and Google Assistant voice assistants. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. To switch between the modes, just tap a button on the back of the Move.

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The Verge

MARCH 6, 2021

Just like the Move, it will support voice commands for either Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. Connecting to both at once will allow you to play a song from your phone or another device nearby to the Roam over Bluetooth — and that music can then also be played across the rest of your Sonos multi-room system. Measuring 6.5

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

On my Samsung QD-OLED TV, the colors in Mad Max: Fury Road seemed more natural than the on-demand version from Amazon, and maybe the audio was a little clearer, but was I just fooling myself? Hard to say. There was, however, one obvious improvement: Kaleidescape does a better job with subtitles. Sometimes the sparseness can be vexing.

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