Trying to choose between Spotify Premium, Apple Music, and Amazon Music Unlimited is an ongoing internal struggle. (Are we being dramatic? Nope.)
Let’s make it easy: For a limited time, you can get six months of Amazon Music Unlimited for free when y…
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The best new Amazon Echo deals could save you over £40
Here we were thinking that everything has been a little quiet over at Amazon lately, and then four new Echo deals drop out of the blue. You can now save on the Echo, Echo Spot, Echo Show, and Echo Input from Amazon UK.
These devices don’t go on sale …
You can now ask Alexa to control your Roku devices
Roku this morning announced its devices will now be compatible with Amazon’s Alexa. Through a new Roku skill for Alexa, Roku owners will be able to control their devices in order to do things like launch a channel, play or pause a show, search for entertainment options, and more. Roku TV owners will additionally be […]
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In this special edition of MashTalk, Mashable sits down with Pete Thompson, Vice President of Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service, at CES 2019.
Thompson discusses the expansion of Alexa services on brand new smart home and automotive products, competition w…
Report: Voice assistants in use to triple to 8 billion by 2023
The use of voice assistants is set to triple over the next few years, according to a new forecast from the U.K.-based analysts at Juniper Research. The firm estimates there will be 8 billion digital voice assistants in use by 2023, up from the 2.5 billion assistants in use at the end of 2018. The […]
View More Report: Voice assistants in use to triple to 8 billion by 2023Save up to $60 on select Amazon devices: Kindle Paperwhite, Fire TV Stick 4K on sale for Valentine’s Day
Looking for a Valentine’s Day gift idea? Amazon has some really good deals on some of their most popular smart home devices, tablets, and e-readers. Now you can set the perfect mood for romance with Alexa, or just stay in for some “Netflix and Chill” with your special someone.
You don’t have to be part of a couple to shop these deals though. And let’s face it: picking up Amazon devices on the cheap is much better than planning the perfect Valentine’s Day night out.
Here are the deals on Amazon devices, just in time for Valentine’s Day:
Echo Input — $19.99 (list price $34.99)
Want to set the mood just right for Valentine’s Day? Add the Echo Input to any speaker system to instantly turn it into a smart home device with the power of the Alexa voice assistant. Now you can ask Alexa to play your sexy playlist on Amazon Music, Apple Music, or Spotify to set the perfect mood, or simply order more condoms directly from Amazon. The Echo Input is the low profile way to make your home a smart home. Read more…
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The Lenovo Smart Display might be better than the Echo and Google Home Hub — and it’s $50 off at Walmart
Smart displays are quickly becoming one of the top home essentials, with the Amazon Echo and Google Home being the main players duking it out to win a spot on your counter.
But there’s another brand hot on their trail: The ingenious Lenovo Smart Display takes the good parts of the Echo Show and Google Home Hub and adds the things they lack — possibly making it the most robust smart speaker on the marketAnd it’s $50 off at Walmart today.
Let’s break it down:
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The Amazon Echo show has great speakers and a camera, but the screen isn’t a touchscreen.
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The Google Home Hub has a touchscreen, but has meh speakers and doesn’t have a camera.
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The Lenovo Smart Display has a touchscreen, a great 10-watt speaker, and a 5 MP camera. Read more…
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Smart speakers had a good holiday. Amazon already said its Echo Dot outsold all other items on its site this holiday season, which hinted toward the sizable growth for the voice-powered speaker market. Today, research firm CIRP is reporting the U.S. installed base for speakers grew to 66 million units in December 2018, up from […]
View More Report: Smart speaker adoption in U.S. reaches 66M units, with Amazon leadingAlexa skills top 80,000 after a big Alexa-powered holiday season
Amazon had a record-breaking holiday quarter, with revenue of $72.4 billion and profits of $3 billion, but it’s not making much money off its top-selling item, the Alexa-powered Echo Dot. While the e-commerce giant said the device was its 2018 holidays best seller across all products, it also reminded investors on yesterday’s earnings call that […]
View More Alexa skills top 80,000 after a big Alexa-powered holiday seasonAmazon reports better than expected Q4, but lowers Q1 guidance
Amazon had a heck of a holiday. The online retail giant posted Q4 earnings today, reporting $72.4 billion in revenue, topping last year’s $60.45 billion and besting the analysts’ forecast of $71.92 billion. Extremely wealthy individual Jeff Bezos singled out Alexa’s record holiday season as a source of the robust quarter. “Alexa was very busy […]
View More Amazon reports better than expected Q4, but lowers Q1 guidanceAmazon hires Disney SVP Kyle Laughlin as Director of Alexa Gadgets
Amazon has hired Disney SVP Kyle Laughlin to head its Alexa Gadgets division, TechCrunch has learned. Laughlin spent eight years at Disney, most recently as the SVP and General Manager of Games, Apps and Connected Experience at the entertainment giant’s Consumer Products and Interactive Media division. According to his LinkedIn profile, the role found Laughlin […]
View More Amazon hires Disney SVP Kyle Laughlin as Director of Alexa GadgetsAmazon’s Echo Auto is finally here
Alexa is ready to ride.
Back in September, Amazon went a bit overboard with Alexa-powered devices like a microwave and wall clock. One of the many new items was a device with eight microphones that connects to your phone to bring Alexa to your car. A…