Alexa was inspired by the interactive computer voice used in the original Star Trek TV series. The word "Alexa" was chosen ...

Amazon's AI-powered Alexa upgrade could launch with several major partners handling specific tasks such as ride-hailing, grocery shopping, and restaurant reservations, Business Insider has learned.

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Editors' Note: This is still the most recent version of the Echo Glow. Read our review from January 2, 2020 below.

To enable: “Alexa, open Amazon Storytime” or visit the Alexa Skills Store ... A classic with a futuristic twist, you’ll need to download bingo cards for this game if you don’t already have them, but ...

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Amazon Alexa was originally launched alongside the very first Amazon Echo speaker back on November 6, 2014 – but as the voice assistant approaches its 10th birthday, it's struggling to keep up ...

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Amazon is readying a powerful, smarter, and quicker “agentic” Alexa, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy hinted. The next generation of Alexa would feature capable Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI ...

Instead, like a phone charger with a made-up name or a knockoff version of your favorite blush, it just kind of appeared on Amazon one day. There’s a big change coming for Alexa, though.