Latest Amazon Echo News
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Amazon Echo Devices Get Their First Custom Alexa-Based Assistant
Amazon Echo users can now pay $5.99 per year to say “Hey, Disney!” and launch a Disney-themed alternative personal assistant. […]
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Amazon Announces New Alexa-Powered Echo Devices
With over 500 million Alexa-powered devices sold worldwide, Amazon today announced several new additions to its Echo lineup. “These new […]
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Amazon Starts Rolling Out Matter Support on its Echo Devices
Amazon announced this week that it has completed the first phase of its rollout of the Matter smart home standard […]
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Thinking About Amazon’s Smart Home Ecosystem (Premium)
Every September, Amazon announces a tsunami of new smart home products. But this year was a little different, at least […]
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Sidewalk is Amazon’s Latest Creepy Service
Amazon alerted users of its Alexa-powered devices that it will soon enable a potentially dangerous new service called Sidewalk. You […]
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Amazon Announces Another Smart Home Tsunami
As it does every September, Amazon today unleashed another amazing collection of Alexa-powered smart home devices that will become available […]
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Amazon Rebrands, Expands Its Offerings for Kids
Amazon FreeTime and FreeTime Unlimited are now called Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids+, and each is getting new content and […]
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Apple Podcasts Land on Amazon Echo
Apple and Amazon are teaming up to bring Apple Podcats to Echo devices. The companies today announced the release of […]