Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to AmazonAmazon has disabled key privacy features in Alexa devices, now sending all voice recordings to the cloud by default. Users must choose betw...
29 Mar, 2025, 08.09 AM IST
Amazon’s Alexa Plus brings new agentic capabilities; leveraging Anthropic's ClaudeAmazon has developed a system of “experts” — specialised groups of application programming interface (APIs), capabilities, and instructions...
28 Feb, 2025, 08.13 AM IST
Amazon launches AI-amped version of its Alexa voice assistantOnline retail behemoth Amazon on Wednesday announced a new version of its Alexa voice assistant that is powered by generative artificial in...
27 Feb, 2025, 09.54 AM IST
Amazon set to release long-delayed Alexa generative AI revampOnce released, it would mark the most significant upgrade to the product since its initial introduction accelerated a wave of digital assis...
06 Feb, 2025, 07.31 AM IST
Amazon devices unit morale wanes amid cuts, weak development pipelineMorale within Amazon's hardware division, Lab126, has reportedly suffered due to staff cutbacks and concerns over the success of upcoming d...
20 Sep, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
From Bollywood to Twitter & Bitcoin: Here's what most Indians asked Alexa in 2022Indian users were also curious to know more about some of the most popular public figures, they asked "Alexa, what is Alia Bhatt's age?", "...
24 Jan, 2023, 04.05 PM IST
From ‘Alexa, how are you?’ to ‘Alexa, meri tareef karo’: Requests from Indians increased by 68% in 2021The voice-enabled digital assistant from Amazon has completed four years in India.
15 Feb, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
Amazon Alexa saw 67% jump in India interactions in 2020Amazon views the smart home appliances category as important for Alexa’s growth in India and has tied up with Wipro, Philips, Syska and oth...
08 Feb, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
LTTS to support Amazon Alexa Voice Service integration in devicesAlexa, Amazon's cloud-based voice service, is available on devices from both Amazon and third-party manufacturers and powers connected devi...
20 Nov, 2020, 12.37 PM IST
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is the new voice of Amazon’s AlexaBachchan, 77, is often described as India’s answer to Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro combined. His star wattage and deep voice have featu...
14 Sep, 2020, 10.04 PM IST
How to use ICICI Bank's voice banking services on Amazon Alexa and Google AssistantTo get the benefit of the voice banking offering, customers need to download the Alexa / Google Assistant and link their ICICI Bank account...
20 Apr, 2020, 12.04 PM IST
Practice yoga with Alexa: Shilpa Shetty Kundra's fitness app joins Amazon assistant's skill setThe skill has audio as well as video content in both English as well as in Hindi.
06 Dec, 2019, 03.48 PM IST
Designing voice UI for your business: Getting started with Alexa skillsIn the last decade, we used the word UI extensively, which generally stood for user interface and the default assumption was to come up wit...
30 Aug, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
BPL to launch smart speaker with Alexa-enabled services next yearThe product will connect to Alexa cloud-based voice service to play music, set alarms and timers, provide information, check calendar, weat...
20 Oct, 2017, 01.13 PM IST
Amazon to introduce Alexa, Echo speakers starting Rs 4499Customers who want to help further the development of Alexa and the Echo family of devices may now request an invitation to purchase device...
04 Oct, 2017, 07.08 PM IST
Amazon set to introduce Alexa Voice Service, Echo speakers in IndiaThe speakers will initially be launched with an English interface and be updated later to respond to commands in regional Indian languages.
29 Jun, 2017, 09.38 AM IST
Soon, Alexa can read and respond to emotions in your voiceAlexa will be able to tell when you’re mad and apologise quickly enough for not knowing which album you want her to play.
16 Jun, 2016, 06.26 PM IST