The features for Alexa just keep improving and evolving. The latest feature to take a big leap forward is Alexa’s voice recognition. Of course, Alexa can recognize human voices already, but now it can also distinguish between individuals by voice alone, helping Alexa to give tailored results depending on who is speaking. The benefits of this …
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‘Tis the season to check out what’s new in smart gadgets for the home. Lately it’s been tough to keep up with the moving tide of technology, but according to analysts at IHS markit the focus this year will be to educate consumers, lower prices, and enhance security. Here are a few of the best …
One of the biggest trends in holiday gift giving this year is smart technology – devices that make interacting with items around your home more convenient and interconnected. If you’re looking for some of the best smart home gift ideas for a friend or loved one, read on: iHome iSP6X SmartPlug – This little gadget can …
With a savvy smart technology friend or family member, it can be hard to choose the best gift for an Amazon Echo owner. After all, they already have an Amazon Echo, so they are clearly at the top of the consumer electronics game. That being said, the fact that they already have an Echo doesn’t …
Google Home was released late in 2016 and has become a big contender in the marketplace with Amazon’s Echo devices, despite recent setbacks. The voice-activated smart speaker uses Google Assistant, a remote home device control app which works as a personal virtual assistant. It can be used to look up localized shopping information, to schedule appointments …
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At first, nobody really had anticipated two of the country’s recent and fastest growing industries would merge together. Home automation devices have not been around a really long time but they grew popular quickly as soon as they came out. The idea of tiny homes is not new, but there has been a recent trend …
In order to compete directly with Amazon’s incredibly successful Echo Dot, Google released a similar, younger, smaller sibling of its flagship device. The Google Home Mini, however, made it to market with a fairly significant flaw Last week, one product reviewer discovered the bug in his Google Home Mini speaker after noticing that it was saving huge numbers …
The number of things you can do with your Amazon Echo grows constantly. There are companies continuously coming up with new products and skills to sync with your Amazon Echo and Fire TV too, now that Fire TV is Alexa enabled. There are a large number of skills that bring Alexa functionality more devices. Since the …
I’ll get right to it! Amazon announced four all new Echo devices: A revamped Echo, the Echo Plus, the “mini-Show” Echo Spot, and Echo Buttons Echo Basically, this an entirely new cosmetic design for the standard Echo. Key Differences: No smart home hub feature – This is really meant for music and connectivity with Amazon Prime …
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Amazon Echo Show’s product tag should read, “Alexa can show you things now*”. *except for YouTube. In a fire statement made to our colleagues over at the Verge on 9/26, we’ve learned that, essentially, “Youtube on Echo Show? Newp!” OK, so, officially, Google who owns YouTube, said they decided to change accessibility to their sites. This means YouTube, which …