Amazon came one step ahead of its rivals in the field of AI voice assistants. The company unveiled Echosim, a website that behaves just like Amazon Echo, but runs on desktop systems. ( Amazon ) Advertisement Amazon recently unveiled Echosim.io, a site that emulates the functionality of an Amazon Echo speaker, bringing the Alexa voice …
When Amazon came out with the Amazon Echo, the company took off in a whole new direction of progress. The company dived right into the gen-next technology, and did it before anyone else, making a name for itself in the markets. However, with the passing times, competition too is bound to increase. During the Google …
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Want to take Amazon’s Alexa voice service for a spin, but don’t want to spend money on an Amazon Echo or another product with Alexa support? All you need is a web browser. Amazon has launched Echosim.io, a website where you can interact with with a virtual Amazon Echo. It’s aimed at developers, but anyone can …
Consumers who are thinking about buying an Amazon Echo, or its sibling devices Tap and Dot, can give it a try at Echosim.io. It’s a browser-based simulator that only requires an Amazon account; once logged in, anyone (with a microphone, of course) can talk to the on-screen Alexa in much the same way you would …
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A browser-based version of Amazon’s Echo speaker should make Alexa even easier to try, with Amazon hoping the hardware-free experience encourages more developers to code for the platform. Echosim.io basically recreates the Echo hardware in virtual form, powered by the very same cloud-based processing that those with the physical device get to engage with. Availability …
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A new report coming from The Information claims that Apple will be making its SDK open to all third-party application developers who want to integrate Siri into their apps. Siri is a digital assistant that only works with Apple’s native apps, something that is common across many current virtual digital assistants including Google’s Now and …
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Apple’s answer to Amazon’s Echo and Google Home may come in the form of an updated Apple TV, insiders claim, packaging a supercharged Siri in the set-top box. The project to upgrade Siri and turn the virtual assistant into a helper for the whole home had previously been tipped to come in an all-new piece …
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Google’s new “Home” virtual assistant device, Amazon’s “Echo” device and Apple’s “Siri” may break federal child-protection law and expose the companies to millions of dollars in potential fines. That’s the conclusion of an investigation by The Guardian newspaper, published Thursday. Both Echo, which houses Amazon’s “Alexa” virtual assistant, and Google’s Home, which houses “Assistant,” are marketed at …
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A new Apple TV could be Apple’s answer to Alexa. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac Apple is planning to open Siri up to third-party developers and it appears that Apple TV could be the biggest benefactor from the expanded platform. In order to better compete with Amazon’s Echo devices, Apple reportedly plans to update the …