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200 million people will probably be using smart speakers by the end of this year
Amazon Echo, Google Home, and the like are only growing in popularity.
By Alex Perry
Reminder: Your 'smart AI' often involves a low-paid contractor surveilling you
Amazon Echos send customer recordings to contractors around the world who listen to it and laugh. That's more common than you might think.
By Jack Morse
Annoyed bird seemingly asks Alexa to turn off music
'Stop' corny Frank Sinatra songs, please.
Amazon Alexa adds detailed news reading option
Rather than just offering up brief summaries of the headlines, Alexa will now go into detail on each news story if you so wish. You can also easily skip any news that's on no interest.
By Matthew Humphries
Get Google Assistant to talk in John Legend's voice
“Hey Google, talk like a Legend.”
Google Duplex comes to Android and iOS, so you might actually use it now
Finally, you can have Google make your restaurant reservations.
By Alex Perry
John Legend's voice on Google Assistant is finally here
A weather report has never sounded so good.
By Rachel Kraus
Google Assistant may promote advertisers without telling you about it
Google Assistant doesn't disclose that it gets its local services recommendations through a Google Ads program.
By Matt Binder
How to listen to 2019 NCAA tournament games for free using Google Assistant
Don't miss any March Madness buzzer-beaters or upsets thanks to Google Assistant.
By Alex Perry
These 10 Amazon Alexa skills are more weird than useful
Amazon Alexa can make your life more convenient, but it can also recite golf quotes and perform comedy routines.
By Alex Perry
Roku devices now play nice with Amazon Alexa
Starting today, Roku users with Alexa-enabled devices such as the Amazon Echo can pause a show, launch a streaming channel, or search for content using Alexa voice commands.
By Angela Moscaritolo
Amazon Alexa exec says data privacy is vital to the success of voice assistants
Are they always listening?
Google brings its Assistant to your text messages
It's like Allo -- with one important difference.
By Karissa Bell
Samsung's Galaxy Home smart speaker will finally arrive soon
But does anyone still care about Samsung's Bixby smart speaker?
By Raymond Wong
Google Assistant now lets you play HQ Trivia on demand
Okay Google, show me Scott Rogowsky.
By Karissa Bell
How Google Assistant is planning a huge swing with amazing new features and devices — MashTalk
We asked a great mind behind it.
7 of the best home security cameras to bring you peace of mind
Security cameras so good, even burglars might stop to admire them.
By Andrea Kornstein
Amazon stops selling Echo Wall Clocks
There's connectivity issues with a 'small number' of the Echo Wall Clocks, so Amazon decided to take them off sale while it figured out what the problem is. The clock should be available again within a few weeks.
By Matthew Humphries
The Roomba 690 is on sale for cheaper than its Black Friday price right now
Make Marie Kondo proud.
By Rudie Obias
Adorable kid tries to train his Google Home, and it does not go well
'Could I please train you because you don't know stuff?'
Amazon upgrades Alexa with newscaster voice
f you ask Alexa to read out the latest news from today, her voice will have a variation triggered that makes her sound more like a professional newscaster. It's a voice that's much closer to what you'd expect to hear on TV or the radio.
By Matthew Humphries
The Amazon Echo Wall Clock is here to make your home livelier
This is not your average wall clock.
By PCMag
Google unveiled a "ride" at CES...because why not?
Talk about experiential marketing.
By Ryan Sedmak
