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Amazon’s Alexa may finally be able to recognize your voice.Image: Mikael Buck/REX/Shutterstock By Karissa Bell2017-02-28 02:23:16 UTC Amazon’s Alexa could soon be a lot smarter. The company is working on a new feature that would allow its voice-enabled assistant to distinguish between different voices, according to a report form Time.  The feature, which for now […]

Reuters Staff / Reuters For all of Alexa’s many skills, one major thing Amazon’s voice assistant is currently missing is the ability to distinguish who is actually speaking to it. According to a new report from Time magazine, however, the online retail giant is currently working to make that a reality. As Time‘s sources inside

by Brandon Russell | February 27, 2017 In an upcoming update, Amazon’s Alexa will be able to distinguish between different voices, according to a Time report. The feature will apparently provide users in a given household with a “Voice ID,” and give Alexa the ability to tell who is talking to it. The feature is

Yamaha is bringing Amazon Alexa voice control to its expansive family of acclaimed MusicCast wireless multiroom audio products. “Telling Alexa to play your music and hearing it synchronized throughout your home with Yamaha sound quality is an extraordinary experience.” — Bob Goedken, general manager, AV division. Buena Park, California (PRWEB) February 27, 2017 Yamaha is

Yamaha is the latest company to work with the Alexa voice assistant. Sarah Tew/CNET Yamaha has announced that its multi-room system MusicCast will soon take orders from the Alexa voice assistant. “MusicCast is the most versatile and powerful wireless multiroom audio system on the market, and the integration with Amazon Alexa makes it even easier

Because Android is an open-source system, Motorola could replace Google with Alexa, if desired, and that looks like what the plan is going to be for now. Theoretically, you soon may be able to have two voice personalities on your smartphone: Google and Amazon’s Alexa. Wonder if they will give each other orders. Wonder if

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