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2025-02-27

Echo Pop vs Echo Dot: Which Alexa speaker should you choose?

Amazon's most affordable smart speakers share many similarities, including the Alexa virtual assistant, but what are the biggest differences between these two models? [...]

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2025-02-28

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

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2025-02-26

Everything announced at Amazon's Alexa+ AI event

Amazon held its first major product event of the year on Wednesday and, as expected, it was largely about Alexa. The company first announced its next-gen, AI-powered voice assistant back in 2023, but [...]

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2025-01-27

The 17 best portable Bluetooth speakers for 2025

Portable Bluetooth speakers are one of the most versatile audio products you can own — they let you enjoy your favorite music wherever you go, whether it’s in the backyard for a BBQ, to the beach [...]

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2025-03-01

Amazon's generative AI vision for Alexa is appealing, but unproven

Amazon’s long-awaited update to its assistant is almost here. About 18 months after the company first previewed the “next-gen Alexa” built with generative AI, it unveiled Alexa+, and early acces [...]

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2025-01-03

8Bitdo's wired XBox controller is just $30, plus the rest of this week's best tech deals

The first few days of the year are typically sleepy for deals — and 2025 is proving no different. Since most Black Friday sale prices have expired, big ticket items are back to full price, but we fo [...]

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2025-03-15

Amazon is getting rid of the option for Echo devices to process Alexa requests locally

As of March 28, Amazon Echo models that were previously able to process Alexa requests locally will no longer do so, instead sending those voice recordings to the cloud. An Amazon spokesperson confirm [...]

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2025-02-26

Amazon’s AI-heavy Alexa+ will be accessible on the web

Amazon just held an event in New York City to reveal the long-awaited revamp of its Alexa chatbot. This refreshed assistant can perform many new tasks, thanks to some AI wizardry, and there are a few [...]

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2025-02-28

$20 a month for an AI chatbot? In this economy??

The only surprise in Amazon’s reveal of Alexa+ this week was the price. With inflation rampant and many more impactful subscription services to choose from, $20 per month is an absolutely bonkers pr [...]

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2025-01-02

The 6 best Mint alternatives to replace the budgeting app that shut down

It's been almost one year since Intuit shut down the popular budgeting app Mint. I was a Mint user for many years; millions of other users like me enjoyed how easily Mint allowed us to track all [...]

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