The Announcements feature broadcasts to every Echo at once. I use it for dinner calls, reminders that we need to leave, and letting everyone know there's a package on the porch. Works way better than ...

The Alexa app can be downloaded on your iPhone and used with or without an Amazon smart speaker.

What if you could just use a ton of Echo speakers as a surround sound setup for your TV? That’s basically what Amazon is ...

To play Apple Music on your Alexa speaker, connect Apple Music to the Alexa app on your mobile device.

Amazon kicked off its annual Fall Devices Event today, revealing its generative AI plans and offering a slew of Alexa and Echo announcements, Fire TV streaming news, and updates to Amazon’s smart home ...

Amazon’s Echo speakers, and the Alexa assistant, are incredibly useful and pretty darn invasive. On the practical side, it can function as a security alarm with a device you already own. Neat. Here’s ...

Amazon.com Inc. took to the stage during its Fall Devices Event today to reveal a number of new Echo devices and announced it will soon power its virtual assistant Alexa with a generative artificial ...

Update 12/13: Clarified details of the reports on Alexa being a money-loser. Amazon has announced three new features—Gestures, Text-to-Speech, and Consolidated Captions—coming to its Echo Show devices ...

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