A conversation with Daniel Rausch, Amazon’s vice president of Alexa and Echo, recorded at the company’s Seattle headquarters.

Amazon’s smart speakers have been called Echo since the first one launched in 2014. Every subsequent smart speaker and ...

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With heavy competition from the likes of ChatGPT and Gemini, clearly Amazon needs to get this next step in the evolution of Alexa right. Amazon has remained tight-lipped regarding 'Remarkable ...

CNET reported a few weeks ago that Amazon is preparing to remove a key privacy setting in its Alexa smart home devices. Today ...

Do you own an Amazon Alexa? The company has announced major changes to the security of these devices, limiting users’ ability to control their personal data. Amazon explained that this change is ...

Alexa users also have a setting called “Don’t save recordings”, which, if enabled, deletes cloud recordings once they’re ...

In the decade-plus since Amazon introduced its line of Echo smart speakers, we've been using "Alexa" to address them. It's the default wake word, and soon, as Alexa+, will be the name that marks ...

This initiative aims to position Amazon as a formidable competitor to industry leaders like Apple, focusing on delivering high-quality Alexa products.

For many years, Amazon has been trying to put its Alexa voice assistant at the center of the smart home. But right now, Alexa in its current state can seem downright dumb at times. And for ...