Tired of talking to yourself? Quit grumbling and put your words to work: connected to your Wi-Fi network, the best smart speaker options will listen, learn and lend a helping hand. Or at least tell ...

This video explores the differences between Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa, detailing their advancements over the past ...

Google started out as a search engine, so nobody ever expected it to be directly competing with Amazon, an online retailer, in the smart home market.

Smart speakers can be a useful companion in your home. The voice-controlled devices can answer random questions, set multiple timers as you cook and play your favorite podcasts. Some even have ...

Alexa often asks me, unprompted, if I’d like it to give me a heads-up when snow is forecasted. It’s an unexpectedly proactive gesture. Except here in the San Francisco Bay Area, snow is never in the ...

Google Assistant was supposed to be Google’s future. The voice assistant was an early attempt at ambient computing that gave customers a one-on-one relationship with all of the company’s products.

Alexa users can now access specific scenes in Prime Video movies by just describing them. Amazon first teased this functionality earlier this year, and it’s exclusive to Alexa Plus. Initial support is ...

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon and Microsoft are racing to define the next era of consumer AI, on multiple fronts. We discuss Amazon’s attempt to upgrade Alexa into a true generative AI ...

Signify has confirmed that its Philips Hue Secure cameras now support Amazon Alexa and Google Home. This means you can interact with your cameras via Amazon and Google’s voice commands. The ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in ...