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Voice assistants are a path to efficiency, accessibility, and quick access to information—but first, you have to choose the right one for your household. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about ...

This time last year, I was about to move into a new house, and I made the decision to say goodbye to Google Assistant and hello to Amazon Alexa for all my smart home duties. Now, almost a year later, ...

Chris Wedel is a seasoned technology journalist with a rich background writing for top publications like CNET, Android Police, and Digital Trends. His work spans the consumer electronics landscape, ...

Amazon is working on a project codenamed 'Moonraker' that would enable the AI assistant to handle multi-step tasks more ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. AI has made virtual assistants a big deal again. So far, it looks like ChatGPT, Siri, Alexa, and the rest are all ...

Alexa often asks me, unprompted, if I’d like it to give me a heads-up when snow is forecasted. It’s an unexpectedly proactive gesture. Except here in the San Francisco Bay Area, snow is never in the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Several companies have taken shots at Sonos over the years when it comes to multi-room audio and self-tuning speakers with built-in voice ...