Alexa brings a vast amount of skills to its Echos. Add basic home security to the list. With Alexa Guard enabled on a first-party Echo smart speaker, it can use its microphones for good. In this case, ...

Alexa hasn't worked out the way Amazon originally planned. There was a time when it thought that Alexa would yield a robust ecosystem of apps, or Alexa Skills, that would make the voice assistant an ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Echo is one of Amazon's most iconic items. This smart speaker comes built-in with the company's Alexa assistant, providing similar ...

Amazon Alexa has been around for the better part of a decade, and can do everything from updating you on the weather, to controlling your smart home products, to allowing you to shop for essentials on ...

At an event in New York on Wednesday, Amazon announced an upgraded Alexa experience — Alexa+ — powered by generative AI technologies. Onstage, Amazon’s devices and services chief Panos Panay called it ...

During its Devices and Services event last week, Amazon announced plans to incorporate generative AI into its Alexa digital assistant. Alexa is arguably the most popular virtual assistant. Still, like ...