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Connect all your Alexa-enabled devices to the HiveyPie smart power strip

The HiveyPie is the first Alexa-controlled smart power strip. This Wi-Fi-connected power hub allows you to control smart devices from one app.
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Ezviz Mini Trooper wirelessly watches over your home, up to 9 months on 1 charge

Ezviz is known for making feature-rich smart cameras that are surprisingly affordable, and the wire-free Mini Trooper continues the trend..
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Amazon's new Dash Wand supports the full range of Alexa voice commands

Amazon's new Dash Wand can scan barcodes just as well as the old model, but it also supports the full range of Alexa voice commands.
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A.I. email assistant Astro integrates Slack, Amazon Alexa to organize emails

The email assistant Astro has integrated Slack and Amazon Alexa to help you declutter your inbox and keep you organized.
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Alexa can now alert you to local supermarket sales

Retale, one of the most popular shopping apps in the U.S., now works across Amazon Alexa devices and Google Home speakers.
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Amazon debuts new mobile app for Echo Look a month after device’s launch

Alexa now has eyes -- Amazon launched the Echo Look, an Echo-compatible, hands-free camera for selfies and style suggestions.
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How Google Assistant on Google Home is outclassing Amazon’s Alexa

The home assistant wars are heating up. Google Assistant is matching and outclassing Amazon's Alexa with all its new features.
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Amazon Fire TV and Alexa are built right into Element’s new 4K TV

Element Electronics has announced the first-ever TV with Amazon Fire built in, using Amazon's acclaimed Alexa voice recognition software.
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Amazon plays nice with third-party devs, which could mean more Alexa than ever

If there's one thing Amazon's Alexa is really good at, it's listening. And now, Amazon wants to make that skill available to others, too.
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Alexa-enabled Clarity Speaker is like Amazon Echo with a touchscreen

The Clarity Speaker is the first device to offer both voice services and the only Alexa-enabled device to feature a touchscreen.
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Google Home smart speaker will make its way across the pond to the U.K.

Google confirmed that it would be launching Google Home, its smart speaker and Amazon Echo competitor, in the U.K. before the end of June.
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Yamaha announces it is bringing Alexa voice control to its MusicCast products

Yamaha announced on Monday that starting this fall, it is bringing Amazon Alexa-powered voice control to its line of MusicCast products.

Alexa can now tell stories based on the photos you upload

A new company is aiming to give Alexa the ability to tell stories about your own personal and family history by simply adding photos.
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You can now control some Linksys Wi-Fi devices using new Amazon Alexa skills

Linksys mesh systems and wireless routers -- including Velop, WRT, and Max-Stream devices -- are now on the list of Amazon Alexa devices.
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Watch out, Alexa: You can now make purchases on Google Home

Google is catching up fast on Amazon's Alexa -- you can now make buy everyday essentials with Assistant on Google Home.
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Alexa, call mom: Amazon and Google want to add voice calls to digital assistants

A voice-calling feature may soon make its way to the Amazon Echo and Google Home but privacy, laws, and other industries may get in the way.
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Connect Alexa to your ride with Logitech's smart car mount

Now, the same commands and requests many drivers might already use at home with their Echo devices are available behind the wheel.
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Being a Plex user gets even easier thanks to the service's new Alexa skill

Today Plex launched a new skill for Amazon Alexa-enabled devices that allows you to control the service using nothing but your voice.
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'One Piercing Note' is Amazon's attempt to get people to play games with Alexa

A new audio game based on the 15-year-old PC game RuneScape is now available for Amazon Alexa-enabled devices.
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Amazon’s open Alexa takes on Apple’s closed HomeKit initiative

Apple's HomeKit platform is more closed than Amazon's Alexa, making it potentially more secure but also more restrictive and costly.
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Sonos’ smart speakers could one day integrate with all digital assistants

Sonos' new CEO wants the company's speakers to play a little nicer with the likes of Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

From appliances to robots, Alexa-supported devices were nearly everywhere at CES

More devices with support for Amazon Alexa were announced at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show. We took a look at a few.
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At CES 2017, revolutionary new technologies and products took center stage

CES 2017 stood out as one of the more revolutionary shows in recent memory. What does this say about the future of the tech industry?
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Tour the top booths of CES 2017 in full 360-degree video

Join us as we tour some of the biggest booths at CES in VR. We've captured 360-degree footage of the hottest tech.
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Volkswagen demos new displays, personalization features at CES 2017

Volkswagen brought a gaggle of new tech to CES 2017, including updated versions of its Digital Key and Virtual Cockpit systems.
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Amazon's Alexa can now re-order your next meal from Amazon Restaurants

Now, you can use Alexa to order your next meal, as Amazon has created a new skill supporting the company's Amazon Restaurants service.
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Ford's partners with Amazon and AT&T for Alexa voice commands, Wi-Fi hot spots

Ford used the CES stage to preview a number of Sync 3 infotainment updates, including Amazon's Alexa voice commands and AT&T's 4G LTE Wi-Fi hot spot.
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Lenovo’s Alexa-powered Smart Assistant is like Amazon’s Echo, but better

Lenovo's Alexa-powered Smart Assistant may look like Amazon's Echo speaker, but it improves upon the original in a few notable ways.
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Alexa gains conversational skill with ‘The Grand Tour’ and you’re invited

Conversational AI from PullString enables interaction between 'The Grand Tour' stars and fans with the show's Alexa skill with weekly trivia and more.
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Alexa is about to get a lot smarter thanks to hundreds of new commands

Amazon is adding commands to the Alexa Skills Kit to make it easier for developers to build skills. The goal is to help Alexa understand questions better.
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Amazon is rumored to be working on an Echo successor with a touchscreen

While Amazon's Alexa-powered devices like the Echo and Tap have been fairly similar, its next model in the family could be quite different.
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Eero mesh networks upgraded to TrueMesh, and adds in Amazon Alexa support

Today, Eero is announcing an upgrade to its products that both improves the network's performance and reliability and adds in Amazon Alexa skill support
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Here’s what happened when we asked Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home a bunch of questions

What happens when you ask Google Home and Amazon's Alexa the same questions?
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Convenience and versatility at your command with Echo and Logitech Harmony Hub

Pairing Amazon Echo or Dot with Logitech's versatile Harmony Hub adds Alexa's voice control to your A/V and smart home setups.