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Zak Killian - Tue, Sep 28, 2021
Amazon held a virtual event today to announce a pile of new products. This is the second year running that the invite-only event has been online-only. Historically, Amazon hosts a little meet-and-greet to showcase its new stuff. Last year...
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Brandon Hill - Sun, Feb 14, 2021
Valentine's Day is upon us and if you're a procrastinator like some of us, then it's highly probable that you don't have a gift in hand for your significant other. If your “sweetie” is in to tech gadgets, and if they don't mind waiting until tomorrow or Tuesday to get their gift, Amazon has...
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Shane McGlaun - Sun, Jul 12, 2020
Anyone in the market for some new Echo Show devices to scatter around their home will want to take advantage of special deals that Amazon has going right now. Amazon currently has significant discounts on the Echo Show 8, Echo Show, and...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Jun 19, 2020
Over the past week, we've seen some pretty hot deals on Amazon hardware just in time for Father's Day. One of those discounted devices was the Echo Show 5, which is Amazon's [current] smallest Alexa-powered device with a display.
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Jun 13, 2020
The biggest and best deals on electronics are usually reserved for the Black Friday and Cyber Monday season, but that is not always the case. Over at both Amazon and Best Buy, you can snag two Echo Show Premium 10.1-inch HD smart displays...
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Shane McGlaun - Tue, Jun 02, 2020
Amazon has published its Alexa monthly Roundup for May 2020, bragging that Alexa is always getting smarter and offering highlights for the month. One of the key features that Alexa gained in May is "Drop In" for all Alexa devices in a...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Nov 01, 2019
Black Friday is looming just weeks away, but that doesn't mean that there aren't deals to be had right now. Earlier this morning, we reported that Dell has pulled the wraps off a number of early Black Friday deals, and now Amazon is...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, May 29, 2019
Is the 2.5-inch display on the Echo Spot too small, while the 10-inch Echo Show is too big for your Alexa smart speaker needs? Well, Amazon think that is has a perfect solution with the aptly named Echo Show 5, which has a 5.5-inch...
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Brandon Hill - Sat, May 25, 2019
Amazon has made a big announcement with regards to its Alexa Voice Service (AVS), which is used on all Alexa-compatible devices. Previously, the Alexa Announcements feature of AVS was only available to Amazon-branded devices, like the...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Sep 21, 2018
It looks as though Amazon is about to have some competition for its newly redesigned Echo Show. According to a new report, Facebook is set to announced next a week a new hardware device called "Portal".
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Sep 20, 2018
The Echo Dot has long been one of Amazon's most popular Alexa-backed devices, and it's getting yet another redesign. This time around, you'll find the same four-button control scheme atop the device, but the previous 7-microphone array has...
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Shane McGlaun - Fri, Aug 17, 2018
When Amazon trotted out its Echo Show smart speaker with a display built in, almost everyone speculated that competitors in the AI smart speaker market would be bringing out similar products. That proved accurate at CES 2018 in January...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Jun 28, 2018
Amazon is giving users of the Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 the opportunity to repurpose their tablets courtesy of an upcoming software update. Show Mode, which will be available in a software update downloadable on July 2nd, in effect turns...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Jan 31, 2018
Amazon has a history of releasing some rather hilarious Super Bowl commercials, and this year is no different. Amazon’s Alexa AI voice assistant is at the forefront of this year's commercial, and in this case, the digital voice assistant...
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Shane McGlaun - Tue, Nov 21, 2017
Owners of the Amazon Echo Show speaker might have been a bit miffed back in September when YouTube pulled access to its app from the device. Amazon said at the time that the reason it pulled the app from the Show was because it had...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Sep 29, 2017
It seems that Google is taking another page from Amazon and prepping a smart speaker with a built-in display. Amazon already offers such a thing—the Echo Show, which ups the ante from Amazon's other Echo products by allowing users to make...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Sep 27, 2017
There has been a surprising amount of cooperation between some of technology's biggest players when it comes to supporting competing devices. For example, you can load an Android handset with Microsoft software, which is exactly what Bill...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 26, 2017
If you do not care about having a fancy touchscreen on your smart speaker, you can score a pretty good deal on Amazon's original Echo model. Amazon is currently selling its voice-controlled Echo speaker with Alexa integration for $130...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, May 09, 2017
Earlier this morning, Amazon surprised no one by announcing the Echo Show, a touchscreen-infused Echo device that was first leaked last week. One of the pivotal features of the Echo Show is the ability to make voice calls to friends and...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, May 09, 2017
After a major leak last week, Amazon has officially taken the wraps off its latest AI smart speaker: the Echo Show. If you’re familiar with previous devices like the Echo, Echo Tap and Echo Dot, then you should know that the Echo Show has...
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