Amazon Prime subscribers in the U.S. who have Echo smart speakers can receive notifications 24 hours before discounts go live—and even have their Alexa purchase the items for them.

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The Alexa app can be downloaded on your iPhone and used with or without an Amazon smart speaker.

You can connect your Spotify account to Alexa to play music with voice commands, and even set it as your default music player.

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Alexa Plus hasn’t changed anything for me; it’s just made my smart home (mostly) easier to manage. It still feels like pieces ...

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Generative AI is hitting your smart speakers and displays, reigniting the rivalry between Amazon and Google in the smart home arena. Here's how their next-gen voice assistants stack up.

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The latest Echo from Amazon is the Echo Spot, which is essentially a sleek Alexa-enabled alarm clock with smart features and and built-in speaker and microphone. It kind of exists and an in-between of ...