Voice control is no longer a party trick; it is the glue that holds a modern smart home together. With the right Alexa phrases, lights, locks, cameras and climate systems respond in seconds, often ...

For years, Alexa has been a reliable voice assistant, helping people with everyday tasks like setting timers, controlling smart home devices, checking the weather, and playing music. While Alexa has ...

Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexa’s voice ID to expand its generative AI capabilities. Last week, Amazon sent an email to ...

It’s a good time to revisit the terms of your relationship with Alexa. If you own one of Amazon’s voice assistant gadgets, everything you say to Alexa is beamed to Amazon’s cloud and saved forever on ...

I've got Amazon Echo devices in a few rooms at home as the gateway to my smart home system. I started with one Echo Dot in the living room, but added a new Dot with a clock to the bedroom and the ...

Amazon is removing Alexa’s on-device processing capabilities in preparation for its generative AI upgrade. The company recently alerted users of this change in an email stating that the ‘Do Not Send ...