Product Spotlight
Ring Expands End-To-End Encryption Internationally
Offers additional security and privacy options for users
Alexa
Product Spotlight
New Video Doorbell Wired Version Is Smallest Ring Yet
No batteries, but all the functionality
Product Spotlight
These Clever Smart Speaker Add-Ons Stop Alexa From Spying On You
Is your smart speaker making you Paranoid?
Product Spotlight
Celebrate Smart Home Day On Sunday Nov. 3 With Siri, Alexa and Hey, Google!
2019 smart home statistics From Safesmartliving.com
Audio
Giving Voice To Verbal Interface
More than 5 billion devices will be in use in less than five years
Blogs
What The Evolution Of Digital Assistants Means For Retailers
Two-thirds of voice shoppers access a digital assistant every day
Product Spotlight
V-Commerce To Find Its Voice In 2019: CTA
A quarter of consumers will utter a purchase next year.
Home Automation
Amazon Moves Deeper Into White Goods With 1st Branded Appliance
Amazon is tightening its grip on smart home with new Alexa products and services.
Audio
Cavalier Audio Welcomes Alexa To The Family
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi speakers can be linked for left/right sound
Audio
DTS Play-Fi Adds Klipsch, Onkyo, Phorus, Soundcast & More To Alexa Linecard
Multiroom control capable once Amazon account is linked
Home Automation
This Is What People Are Actually Asking Amazon’s Alexa
One marketing firm recently conducted a survey to find what people are asking of their smart speakers.
Audio
Sonos Deepens Relationship With Alexa With New Beam Soundbar
Smart speaker will add support for other digital assistants in the future
Computers
Acer To Offer First Laptop With Built-In Alexa
Acer announced its Spin 3 and Spin 5 models will include Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant pre-installed.
Home Automation
Everything You Need To Know About Smart Speakers & How Consumers Use Them
A handy compendium of smart speaker and shop-by-voice stats
Appliances
LG Appliances Now Bilingual
LG's SmartThinQ majaps are now formally fluent in Alexa and Google Assistant.
Home Automation
Alexa, Google Home Neck-And-Neck In Consumer Poll
The split underscores today’s schizophrenic shopper.
Home Automation
Alexa, Google Assistant On A Collision Course
Amazon holds the lead in voice-assisted devices, but Google will catch up this year, says Futuresource
Home Automation
Was Hillary Behind Alexa’s Outbursts?
Jimmy Kimmel suggests the former Secretary of State may be connected to a rash of creepy cackling.
Home Automation
Amazon-Google Feud Reignites
The digital giants are at it again in the battle for smart-home supremacy.
Retail
Bezos: Amazon To ‘Double Down’ On Alexa After Record Q4
The company pointed to historic holiday volume and widespread Alexa adoption.
Retail
Amazon Super Bowl Ad Asks: What If Alexa Lost Its Voice?
None other than founder/CEO Jeff Bezos makes a cameo appearance in this year's Super Bowl spot.
Product Spotlight
Global Smart Home Market Worth $6B In 2017, And Rising Fast
Smart home devices have shaken off their novelty image and are moving mainstream, becoming one one of the fastest growing consumer electronics categories of...
Product Spotlight
Amazon Cooking Up More Feats For Alexa
The virtual assistant can now control microwave ovens by voice.
Keeping Current
How Best Buy Is Using Alexa Against Amazon
Best Buy has stolen the shopping-by-voice show this holiday season with the most effective use of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant platform.
Blogs
Better Hurry: Smart Speakers’ Time Has Come, And May Soon Go
Which digital assistant speaks the loudest?
Retail
Consumers Can Now Purchase Items From Best Buy Via Amazon Alexa
Best Buy is making a select number of products available for purchase via Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant.
Home Automation
Intel To Release Developer Kit For Amazon Alexa
Intel has released a developer kit for Amazon Alexa, paving a clear path for third-party developers to integrate the voice-control technology into their products. ...
Keeping Current
Amazon Alexa’s Getting Personal
Amazon has taken voice recognition to the next level for its Alexa virtual assistant. The omnipresent helpmate can now be trained to distinguish and remember...
Appliances
The State Of The Smart Home: Voice Control
Fifty-five percent of U.S. broadband households find it appealing to use voice control to control or understand the status of connected devices, according to...
Home Automation
Amazon Invading Apple’s Ecosystem With Its Echo Smart Speakers
Smartphone users seem to be taking sides in the Amazon vs. Google smart speaker race. New analysis from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) indicates...
Appliances
Sonos One Seeks To Be The Speaker For All (Digital) Voices
Sonos continued its commitment to voice control with the launch of a new “platform-agnostic” speaker that will be compatible with Google Assistant, Alexa and...
Keeping Current
It’s Amazon Vs. Google In The Battle For The Smart Home
With Amazon unleashing a bumper crop of Echo devices last week and Google unveiling its own array of new devices today, the battle lines are...
Home Automation
Amazon Whirlwind: New Echo, Plus, Spot, Connect, Fire TV Take The Stage
Amazon introduced a spate of new Echo devices and Alexa features on Wednesday, clearly determined to not simply put an Echo in every home...
Keeping Current
Amazon Preparing Alexa-Infused Smart Glasses: Report
Three years after Amazon hired Google Glass founder Babak Parviz, the e-tailer is reportedly working on its own version of smart glasses, albeit with...