Amazon Brings Out New Echo Speakers With Alexa Plus Onboard
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I Tried Amazon's New Alexa Home Theater—and It Might Be the Soundbar Killer No One Saw Coming
Amazon showed me its new Alexa Home Theater surround sound system, which synchronizes and automatically configures multiple Echo Dot Max or Echo Studio speakers to work with your TV.
With the new premium $35 Alexa Voice Remote Pro, you can say "Alexa, find my remote" into any Echo device you own (or the dedicated Remote Finder button in the Fire TV app) to play a sound from your remote, making it easier to find when it's lost.
The company’s improved voice assistant can search for specific scenes, help you find out game scores, and more.
Nvidia's graphics cards are still the best for AI work. Amazon produces its own hardware, but AWS still uses Nvidia-powered instances, such as new P6e clusters. Nvidia's software ecosystem, training tools, and hardware advantage are hard to beat.
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Amazon’s new Alexa and AI features will play doorman, recap Kindle books, and find lost dogs
Amazon unveiled a new lineup of Echo, Kindle, Ring, Fire TV and Blink devices, with artificial intelligence as the common thread. Highlights include Kindle recaps, Ring’s lost-dog “Search Party,” and Alexa+ features that turn the voice assistant into a virtual doorman and entertainment guide.
Among the new displays is the $180 Echo Show 8. It's 20 percent more than its predecessor from 2021 ($150). Additionally, Amazon is releasing a new 11-inch smart display, the Echo Show 11. At $220, it’s cheaper than the 10-inch Echo Show 10 that Amazon released in 2021 ($250), marking an exception to the Alexa+ price bumps.
Amazon’s smart assistant takes another step toward broader availability.
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Amazon’s New AI-Powered Alexa Is a Half-Working Mess
Amazon has infused its famed assistant Alexa with the power of AI — an upgrade that's apparently come with drawbacks and headaches.
Amazon has announced important updates for Alexa Plus integration, including Alexa+ Greetings for Ring devices and more TV features.
A mazon has unveiled a new Fire TV 4K Stick Select featuring the new Vega OS, as well as three new Fire TV OS televisions, at an event in New York. All of the devices are designed to be used with Alexa Plus, the next version of Alexa.