New Follow-Up Mode keeps Alexa active for, well, follow up questions
Amazon says you can stop each occurrence of Follow-Up Mode with a simple “thank you” or “stop” to get her to stop listening.
Amazon says you can stop each occurrence of Follow-Up Mode with a simple “thank you” or “stop” to get her to stop listening.
This event shines a light on just how little control we have over our smart speakers.
Posting on LinkedIn, Ram announced the move two days ago in a very short post by saying he believes that “Google arguably has the best AI on the planet.”
Having Alexa doesn’t make the PS10 that unique but if the company has maintained their standards, the audio quality here should be great.
The speakers are code-named Aloha and Fiona, with Aloha being the more impressive of the two.
The Flo device utilizes pressure, temperature, and flow sensors along with proprietary machine learning to detect leaks as small as a drop per minute anywhere in the home’s water system.
How can Bezos & Co. possibly have a Super Bowl ad talking about Alexa and Echo devices without waking up all of those Echoes?
The Voice One does pretty much everything other Alexa enabled speakers do and has a pretty affordable price tag of $149USD.
The Sandman Doppler also has two programmable buttons which allow for customization through the iPhone or Android app.
Both Google and Amazon are striking partnerships up with a huge amount of audio company’s and Klipsch is just one more in the pocket.
Amazon also announced a second developer kit. Amazon is gearing the Alexa Premium Voice Development Kit for commercial device makers.
The new Bixby speaker is said to be able to control your smart connected home as well as have high-quality audio.
The skill is already downloadable to the Alexa app and, once enabled, the trigger phrase is “Alexa, ask Ghost to…” and you go from there.
The C-Reach Bridge brings Amazon Alexa voice compatibility to the C-Sleep and C-Life LED bulbs, with Google Assistant support planned before the end of the year.
The Canadian version of Alexa offers a new English voice with a Canadian accent and over 10,000 skills from Canadian companies.
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It seems every audio brand these days is introducing an Alexa-enabled device and 808 Audio figured they couldn’t miss the party.
The Clazio Spark runs Android 7.0 Nougat, is powered by an octa-core processor, and can be controlled by touch gestures or voice.
Amazon says many of the requests will be paired with visual cards on the vehicle’s displays, such as to do lists and weather.
The C by GE Sol LED lamp is not only a decent lamp with its multiple colour temperatures but also a full fledged voice assistant with its Alexa voice capabilities.
It’s fantastic to see technology being used in an interactive, engaging way for students.
It’s looking like 2017 is shaping up to be the year of the digital assistant speakers.
Arguably, the current undisputed champion of digital assistants is Amazon’s Alexa.
Voice activation is now helping small and mid-sized businesses use CRM software with more speed and efficiency.
If your contacts don’t have an Echo device, no problem. They can simply install and use the Alexa app.
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With the touchscreen added, you’ll be able to interact with this new Echo visually rather than just audibly.
Even if Dickson and Kuo are correct in their predictions. Apple’s Siri software isn’t nearly as good as Alexa or Google Assistant.