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Amazon announces Fire TV streaming sticks, Echo Show 8, and more: Details

Amazon's new Echo Show 8 gets a dynamic display while the new streaming sticks get major performance upgrades

Generative AI-powered Alexa: What's new coming to Amazon's voice assistant

The Next generation Alexa will feature over 25 different character voices while holding a more personalized and natural conversation

What to expect from Amazon's special launch event? Check key details below

Amazon is expected to unveil some of its latest products and software updates. The event will take place today at Amazon HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia

'Hey Disney!' voice assistant now available for Echo devices in US

Amazon and Disney have announced that the new voice assistant 'Hey Disney!' is now officially available for Echo devices in the US

Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen review: Brings sensors for smart routines, and more

The Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen is among the most affordable smart speakers with built-in accelerometer sensor, ambient temperature sensors, and ultrasonic motion detection tech

Amazon adds Echo Pop to India line of Alexa-powered smart speakers: Details

Priced at Rs 4,999, the Echo Pop has an entirely new semi-sphere form factor and is available in Green, Purple, White, and Black colours on Amazon India

Amazon launches Echo Dot 5th Gen with built-in motion, temperature sensors

Priced at Rs 5,499, the speaker will be available at an introductory price of Rs 4,999 during Alexa's anniversary celebration between March 2 - March 4

Amazon to add Matter-over-Thread support to Echo devices this spring

Matter is a new smart home interoperability standard that provides a common language for smart home devices to communicate locally in your home without relying on a cloud connection

Amazon Alexa fails to generate revenue; to lose $10 bn this year: Report

One document reportedly described that the business model makes money when people use the devices rather than when they buy them

Amazon to roll out Matter for Alexa smart home devices next month

The first rollout will only be Matter over Wi-Fi and will be compatible with Android phones only

Amazon launches Echo Buds 2nd Gen with ANC, hands-free Alexa at Rs 11,999

The Amazon Echo Buds 2nd Gen will be available with wired and wireless charging case, priced at Rs 11,999 and Rs 13,999, respectively

Amazon plans wall-mounted Echo as smart home command center: Report

Its Lab126 hardware division is designing the device to be a digital command centre, showing users calendar events, controlling accessories like lights and locks, and playing music and video

Smart speaker shipments in India set to cross 7.5 lakh in 2020: Report

Amazon Echo led the smart speaker market with 91 per cent share in July-September 2020

Amazon launches new version of Echo devices in India starting at Rs 4,499

US technology firm Amazon announced a new version of artificial intelligence based Echo speakers in the price range of Rs 4,499 to Rs 9,999 a unit

Amazon adds Echo, Echo dot to its lineup of voice-controlled gadgets

The world's largest online retailer has worked for years to popularize speakers, televisions and other devices that customers activate through speech

Now Indian users can enjoy Spotify with Amazon Alexa on Echo devices

Spotify free is an ad-supported service in India and gives users access to over 50 million songs

Amazon engineers behind Kindle, Echo working on Covid-19 testing tools

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has made it clear that the company's Covid-19 response will be a major new initiative

Amazon adds new device to line-up, launches Echo Flex speaker in India

The smart speaker also comes with a USB-A port that allows you to charge a phone or other devices

Amazon Echo, Google Home, Siri can be hacked with 'light' signals: Report

The researchers noted it was possible to make microphones respond to light as if it were sound, which essentially means that anything that acts on sound commands will act on light commands

Amazon bets on Alexa-powered Echo speakers to break into rural market

US e-commerce giant Amazon prioritised bringing its Alexa-powered smart speakers to India over other countries where the company had been in business for far longer because it felt its voice-based solution could cut through literacy barriers far better than any smartphone app.While India has a massive base of 250 million smartphone users, that number still represents just a fifth of the country's population. For the remainder, the company feels a voice-based solution such as Echo and Alexa could be just as potent if not more potent than a smartphone to get them to shop online."India is actually the fourth country where we've launched Alexa and Echo. We prioritized it over various other markets where we have been a lot longer and that tells you the potential that we seen in the country," says Puneesh Kumar, Country Manager - India, Alexa Experiences and Devices at Amazon.The Echo speakers, which were launched in October, are far from devices that will help customers in rural India to ..