Choosing a voice-controlled smart speaker for your smart home has become a difficult task these days. There are tons of them, even if you prefer to get one from reputed brands. Amazon and Google lead the pack with their Echo and Home smart speaker lineup respectively. Amazon, in fact, has the second generation Amazon Echo Plus […]
Back in February, Samsung Mobile CEO, DJ Koh, had revealed the company's plan to release its Bixby-powered smart speaker in the second half of this year. However, apart from confirming its existence, he didn't disclose any further details about its design or features. Last month, a patent granted to Samsung hinted that the Bixby speaker could be […]
Amazon is never afraid of making a splash with new gadgets, and the company has seldom failed (the Amazon Fire Phone didn't work). But the Alexa-enabled Echo line of products and the Fire TV range of products are doing wonders for Amazon. The company has now merged the two of its commercially most successful products […]
Is my “Always Listening” smart speaker listening to my private talks as well? This confusion, or many times a fear, has been lingering around ever since the inception of such smart speakers. If you too have this confusion, we've explained here if you need to worry or not. But in an extremely unlikely event, Amazon Echo […]
People have always had privacy concerns over long-distance communications technologies. These concerns have existed right from the days of letters and telegraphs, to telephones, emails and text messages, and the most-recent VoIP services and social media messaging platforms. And it now continues with the next generation technologies as well. Voice-activated home assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant are some of the […]
Samsung working on a smart speaker of its own has been long known. We’ve been hearing about a Bixby-powered speaker from Samsung to rival the likes of Google Home and Amazon Echo since last year. Samsung obviously needs to make the speaker a bit differently to stand out from competitors, and according to one of the company’s […]
Google's smart home assistants-cum-smart speakers, Google Home and Home Mini will be launched in India this month. This move has been widely anticipated, since Google rolled-out Hindi support for Google Assistant last month. A tweet by Google India has now confirmed the news. “Get ready to #MakeGoogleDoIt, at home too. Coming soon,” tweeted Google India, with a picture of […]
As the battle for voice control in the home intensifies, Google is now offering free voice calls through its Home smart speakers in the UK. A software update that rolls out this week will add the new feature automatically into your Google Home and Google Mini smart speaker. The ability to make phone calls by simply asking Google is certainly […]
Good news today for all those that are waiting for the Apple’s HomePod smart speaker to go on sale, as it is now available to preorder for $349 directly from the Apple Store. The device is scheduled to ship on February 9th. There has been a delay in the anticipated shipping date, which usually means the company in […]
2017 was the year when we more consumers started trusting AI assistants and got closer to them. This has opened up the space for new competition in a new category of devices called Smart Speakers. Until now, Google and Amazon have been going head to head with their respective AI speakers offerings running Google Assistant […]
Amazon Echo and Google Home have now become the household names when it comes to all-connect smart speakers. There's also a smaller version of the Google Home in the market, named as Google Home Mini. If you've got either of the devices or are planning to get one, here's a quick look at what these devices […]
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