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
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
Big B lends his voice to Alexa, 'Sholay' trivia and Harivansh Rai poems in line-up for India audienceCustomers can purchase the Big B's iconic voice on Echo devices at Rs 149 for a year.
19 Aug, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Amazon, Google rush to navigate India's local language landscapeThe technology giants are working on understanding how Indians speak, as they push their AI-powered voice assistants deeper in the Indian m...
14 Aug, 2021, 05.41 PM IST
AI, ML to drive Budget 2021's National Language Translation MissionThe National Language Translation Mission seeks to build the next generation government apps and websites that will be 'conversational' lik...
04 Feb, 2021, 04.59 AM 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
We sold 40% devices in tier 2 during Diwali: David Limp, senior VP, AmazonAmazon senior VP sees growing acceptance of its Alexa voice services in Hindi, which is helping its subscription services in and around mus...
14 Nov, 2019, 08.29 AM IST
Hindi second-most used 'Assistant' language globally, says GoogleInterestingly, last year, Google had said its voice-based assistant had received about 4.5 lakh proposals for marriage in India.
19 Sep, 2019, 08.49 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
Indian linguistic diversity challenged Alexa to be better: Amazon executiveAmazon wants artificial intelligence-driven Alexa to be an extension of its product offerings of ecommerce, cloud, music and entertainment.
10 Sep, 2019, 12.16 PM IST
Amazon records it all: Tech giant's employees report hearing sad conversations with AlexaAmazon gives users the option of disabling the use of their voice recordings.
12 Apr, 2019, 10.19 AM 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
Agrahyah’s content platform to speak the local lingoAawaz.com, which is scheduled to be launched in a few weeks, will be a web and app-based platform which will have Hindi content to start wi...
02 Aug, 2018, 11.26 AM IST
Meet Rohit Prasad: The engineer from Ranchi behind AlexaRohit Prasad was ranked No. 9 in Fast Company's 100 most creative people in business in 2017.
23 Jul, 2018, 03.42 PM IST
Amazon intent on making Alexa "as Indian as it gets"Alexa’s developers are helping Amazon familiarise itself with India’s myriad obsessions and cultures to build new ‘skills’
29 Mar, 2018, 08.20 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
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