For months now, Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant technology—better known as Alexa—has captivated shoppers, making the Amazon Echo wireless speaker one of the year's most popular products.

Amazon wants to make it easier to add its voice-controlled assistant, Alexa, to any room in the home by offering a pair of new, smaller versions of Amazon Echo, the original tabletop Bluetooth speaker ...

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When Amazon first unveiled the Echo, its smart speaker with the Alexa virtual assistant, most people didn’t know what to do or expect from the thing. And not surprisingly: Amazon had given no hints or ...

After more than a year of flying under the radar by tech standards, Amazon's Alexa voice-controlled assistant platform is looking to become more mainstream, and one of its first moves to that end is ...

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The good: Amazon’s Alexa voice interface can now work in new places The bad: Tap is missing what makes Alexa magic Who should buy it: People looking for a Bluetooth speaker with a twist The Amazon ...

When talking about the best smart speakers around, most people juggle between the Amazon Echo and Google Home. You would think that the competition would be a little less brutal for the smart home ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Design and Features The Tap is an all-black cylinder that ...

My wife and I are huge fans of the Amazon Echo. We have one in our kitchen and another in our bedroom and, when we want to listen to, say, the Fab Four, we say "Alexa, play the Beatles" without having ...

Amazon’s voice-operated command center Echo produces something close to modern-day magic within our homes: Get the latest news, order a pizza, turn off the lights or find out who killed Bruce Wayne’s ...

After the breakout success of the Echo, the e-commerce giant was eager to offer some variations on the theme. This morning, Amazon announced two new voice-controlled home assistant devices—the $130 ...