Alexa and Google Assistant will be available simultaneously on Harman’s new JBL Authentics 200, 300, and 500 smart speakers. (Google, Amazon, and Harman Images; GeekWire Graphic) Amazon and Google are ...

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 ...

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Controlling connected devices such as lights and locks, and doing what you ask it to do, are two very basic requirements of a ...

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, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Three new JBL smart speakers from Harman will be the first to offer simultaneous voice assistants, so you can ask ...

Google Assistant has been one of the primary virtual helpers saturating the landscape. Alongside it has long been Amazon Alexa, and now, the company is beating Google to the punch in revamping its ...

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 assistants. These devices are a lot more common in 2023 than ...

“Hey Google, Arbab!” I utter these lines to Google Assistant, which automatically takes me to my Twitter DMs with my friend Arbab. That chain of actions happens because I customized one such shortcut ...

The Google Assistant and Alexa have long been at odds, and back in the voice assistants' heydays, speaker-makers seemingly weren't allowed to ship both platforms in one product. Later around 2019, the ...

The big day is almost here, making this the perfect time to start tracking Santa, checking in on Father Christmas, and playing holiday games on your smart speakers, displays, or smartphone to get you ...

Alexa+, Amazon's revamped version of Alexa was unveiled Wednesday, bringing the popular voice assistant into the artificial intelligence era. The new Alexa is more conversational, can incorporate a ...