Apple’s smart home hub is reportedly arriving October 13, as Alexa+ heats up India’s smart home marketApple is gearing up to introduce a suite of new smart home devices, such as a hub, the HomePod mini, and an updated Apple TV. This initiati...
01 Oct, 2026, 12.02 PM IST
Amazon Alexa+ launches in India at ₹2,000/month: Leadership on AI, privacy and what’s nextAmazon has launched Alexa+ in India, adding generative AI, personalised conversations and task-performing capabilities to Alexa. Available ...
16 Sep, 2026, 07.35 PM IST
Amazon launches Alexa+ in India with generative AI, Hinglish and smarter voice controlsAmazon has launched its generative AI-powered Alexa+ assistant in India. This new version offers more conversational voice interactions and...
16 Sep, 2026, 03.15 PM IST
Amazon, Walmart AI detect 'made in USA' fraud but do not flag it, study saysRetailer AI assistants can identify false "Made in USA" claims on products. However, these technologies are not actively used to police suc...
30 Jul, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
Weeks after Amazon's Alexa+ AI launch, a mystery: where are the users?Amazon’s Alexa+, the AI-enhanced voice assistant, has seen a slow and unclear rollout despite promises of wide availability. Few verified u...
17 May, 2025, 10.24 AM IST
Amazon reveals Alexa+ with AI upgrades, completely free for Prime membersAmazon unveils Alexa+, a generative AI-powered update to its digital assistant, enhancing capabilities like grocery ordering, reservations,...
27 Feb, 2025, 03.08 AM IST
Amazon turns to Anthropic's Claude for Alexa AI revampAmazon's new Alexa, set to launch in October, will be powered primarily by Anthropic's Claude AI models instead of Amazon's own. The upgrad...
30 Aug, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
Alexa's ascension: hands-free bill payments grow 102%, requests to control smart homes 515%Between January and December 2022, Requests to Alexa for music increased by almost 53%, with customers streaming songs through various prov...
23 Feb, 2023, 02.34 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
How to activate Amitabh Bachchan’s voice on Amazon Alexa"I am excited that my well-wishers can now interact with me via this new medium and looking forward to hear how they feel about this," said...
20 Aug, 2021, 09.56 AM 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
Amazon Great Indian Festival to start Oct 17, SMEs the prime focusAs per a survey by Nielsen, more than 85% of SME sellers on Amazon are expecting to reach out to new customers and hope to see an increase ...
06 Oct, 2020, 02.50 PM IST
Festive-ready: Amazon Alexa will now listen to commands in Hindi, HinglishUsers can interact with Alexa in different regional variants of colloquial Hindi.
18 Sep, 2019, 06.10 PM IST
Alexa, what is your India demand? Skill developersAmazon is leaving no stone unturned to gain the attention of developers and brands with the intent of keeping its market lead over Google H...
02 Jan, 2019, 09.57 AM 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
Next great battle to wage between Google and Amazon over AI computingGoogle carries the burden of both staving off Amazon's voice assistant and of proving that its own rival can add something to the market.
05 Oct, 2017, 08.22 AM 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