Tag: Alexa
Cuckoo! Google flies Nest into its hardware division
Google is to absorb smart devices vendor Nest into its internal hardware team, in a reversal of previous strategy.
Google's head of hardware, Rick Osterloh,...
Reuters’ AR & VR visions revealed
Augmented reality (AR) and new visual interfaces will have a major role to play in the IoT, says a new report from Reuters. So...
Amazon onboards new recruit, Alexa for Business
Amazon has launched a new set of tools to allow businesses to use its Alexa-driven smart speakers in offices and conference rooms.
Alexa could...
BMW to add Amazon Alexa to new cars from 2018
Drivers will soon be able to tell Amazon Alexa to turn on their central heating at home while they're still on the motorway.
Amazon Alexa...
Honeywell adds Google Home integration for smart thermostats
Honeywell Home and Building Technologies, a subsidiary of industrial automation company Honeywell, has announced a new integration with Google Home for its connected home...
Amazon Echo assumed responsible for successful 911 call
In March, Arkansas police ordered Amazon to hand over data from one of its smart home devices as part of a murder investigation. In...
Amazon’s Alexa can now control your smart home cameras
Amazon has unveiled its new Smart Home Skill API, which will allow developers to create apps that let customers watch live video feeds from...
More digital assistants than people by 2021, says Ovum
Digital assistants will outnumber people within the next four years if the predictions in a new research report from Ovum come to pass. The...
Apple joins race for smart home supremacy with HomePod
Apple has upped the ante in the race for smart home supremacy with the launch of HomePod at its worldwide developers' conference in San...
AWS makes Amazon Lex AI available to customers
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of e-commerce giant Amazon, has made Amazon Lex available to all customers.
Amazon Lex is an artificial...
Google Home and Google Wi-Fi arrive in the UK
Google Home is to launch in the UK with availability set for 6 April and will cost £129, the company has announced.
Google Home, the...
The mainstream connected home remains distant dream, says Gartner
The connected home is still the realm of early adopters only, according to new research from industry analysts at Gartner.
In a survey of 10,000 online...