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 ...

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy writes at The Verge: I’ve used Alexa to manage my shopping list for years. There are plenty of great list apps out there, but the convenience of adding items by voice anywhere ...

Alexa Plus is aiming higher with a new superhero ad and a US-wide launch, including a free version for any app user. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security ...

Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, generative AI-powered version of its Alexa assistant, is available to all U.S. customers as of Wednesday. The company said that the AI feature will be free to Prime members ...

Amazon is making its AI-upgraded Alexa+ assistant available to everyone in the U.S. Alexa+ launched last year in an "early access" preview, meaning consumers had to join a waitlist or buy a new device ...

Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make the most of it. This includes writing about consumer AI products and their real-world impact, from ...

Schrödinger’s cat just got a little bit fatter. Physicists have created the largest ever ‘superposition’ — a quantum state in which an object exists in a haze of possible locations at once. A team ...

Baidu’s BIDU-0.91%decrease; red down pointing triangle AI assistant has surpassed 200 million monthly active users, according to people familiar with the matter, as competition intensifies among ...

Compatible Echo devices have been blasting ads and encouraging users to try Alexa Plus for free for months. It was a simple opt-in, but only if you wanted to. Now, the Amazon Alexa Plus upgrade is ...