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Amazon dropped the price for the Echo Wall Clock, the extremely helpful visible countdown display for the Alexa timer Amazon Alexa’s voice-controlled timer is the most useful out-of-the-box feature of ...

In September, Amazon took the wraps off the Echo Wall Clock, a seemingly basic analog clock with the ability to pair with an Echo device. In addition to its traditional appearance, the Echo Wall Clock ...

Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most ...

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At last, you’ve found yourself with an Amazon Echo speaker. The Echo (or Echo Dot, or Echo Tap, or Echo Show, or Echo Plus, or Echo Spot) is now in your kitchen, and it’s ready for your every command.

If you still think Alexa is just for setting timers and playing music, it's time to catch up. After 11 years, Amazon finally gave its voice assistant a massive brain upgrade with the new, AI-powered ...

In many homes, Alexa mostly plays songs, sets timers and gives the weather. That is nice, but it can do a lot more with very little effort from you. With a few small routines and simple voice lines, ...

Wish there was another way to stop a beeping Alexa timer, aside from saying “Alexa, stop!” over and over? Now there is, provided you’re the owner of one of Amazon’s newer Echo Show displays. You can ...

You know how to use Alexa at home, but what about work? Here are 7 ways to put Alexa to work… at work. Taylor Martin has covered technology online for over six years. He has reviewed smartphones for ...

You’ve just unboxed a brand new Amazon Echo product, and Alexa is now at your beck and call — but what do you ask? You’ve likely already asked for the weather a few times, maybe even for a news update ...

Kevin Deakin and colleagues at his online trivia startup had just gotten their hands on an Echo smart speaker that Amazon was passing out to developers in 2016. They made it less than a block from the ...