Amazon has been reaching out to consumer packaged goods companies in an effort to get more people to make purchases through voice shopping with Amazon Alexa. According to emails seen by Recode, the eCommerce giant wants the companies to pay a hefty price to include...
Microsoft has revealed that online voice-calling service Skype is now available on Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo smart speakers. “With Skype on your Alexa-enabled device, you can connect hands-free with family and friends around the world just by saying, ‘Alexa, call Mom on Skype,'” according to a blog...
Pandora, the music streaming service, is now enabling Pandora Premium subscribers to stream music through Amazon Echo devices and third-party speakers with Alexa built in. According to a report in The Verge, citing Pandora, users can stream songs, full albums and playlists from Pandora’s on-demand...
Amazon has launched a new feature that will allow third-party office equipment manufacturers to embed Alexa directly onto their devices. According to Fortune, the feature is an extension of the company’s Alexa Voice Service device software development kit, used by coders to embed Alexa into non-office equipment...
ShippingEasy has announced that it is integrating with Amazon’s Alexa to expedite package delivery for its eCommerce sellers customer base. The partnership with Amazon will allow eCommerce sellers to use their Alexa voice assistant device, or download the Alexa app on their smartphone, to carry...
Amazon announced on Tuesday (Sept. 18) the launch of a new API, dubbed Alexa Gadget Toolkit, which is aimed at creating more functions for the Alexa Gadgets. According to Amazon, Alexa Gadgets are accessories that pair to compatible Echo devices via Bluetooth and extend Alexa’s...
Amazon will reveal later this month at least eight new voice-controlled hardware devices that the company plans to release by the end of this year. According to sources who shared information with CNBC, the devices include a microwave oven, an amplifier, a receiver, a subwoofer,...
BMW debuted its own digital personal assistant for its cars at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018. The news comes a few weeks after BMW officially launched its integration with Amazon’s Alexa. The automaker announced the partnership with Alexa last year, giving drivers access to Alexa skills and...
Amazon has announced that Alexa now works with 20,000 devices — a fivefold increase in just eight months. “Just this year, Alexa has sung Happy Birthday millions of times to customers, and she’s told over 100 million jokes,” said Amazon executive Daniel Rausch at Berlin’s...
