Amazon pulls the plug on Sengled’s Alexa skill after months of outages
Amazon has killed the cloud-based skill that connects Sengled bulbs to Alexa. Some Sengled bulbs that use local protocols, like
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Amazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa Plus
Amazon’s new Alexa Plus voice assistant works with most existing Amazon devices. In the week’s least surprising news, Amazon CEO
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I asked Alexa Plus to tackle my to-do list — it mostly failed
Alexa Plus’s AI agent can navigate websites and book things for you, but it needs to verify its dates. One
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24 hours with Alexa Plus: we cooked, we chatted, and it kinda lied to me
There’s a new AI in the house. I’ve waited two years to try out the new Alexa, which was first
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The New York Times’ first generative AI deal is with Amazon
The New York Times has struck a multi-year AI licensing deal with Amazon that will bring its “editorial content to
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Amazon claims its ‘constantly inviting’ new customers to Alexa Plus
Yesterday, Reuters ran a story with the headline “Weeks after Amazon’s Alexa+ AI launch, a mystery: where are the users?,”
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How tariffs will change your gadgets
First things first, some exciting news: The Vergecast has been nominated for a Webby Award! This one means a lot
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Alexa Plus just launched in early access, but it’s missing some features
The Echo Show 8 is one of the devices Alexa Plus is currently available on. Amazon has officially launched its
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Amazon is shutting down the option not to send Echo voice recordings to the cloud
Amazon is discontinuing a feature that allowed users of some of its Echo smart speakers to choose not to send
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All this bad AI is wrecking a whole generation of gadgets
The new Siri was supposed to make the iPhone 16 a huge upgrade. It didn’t. The onrushing AI era was
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