Sunday, December 22, 2024

Voice Assistants

Here we cover everything about Artifical Intelligence (AI) and Voice Assistants from 4 major companies: Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. What smart devices are compatible, how to setup or how to use. If you are interested in smart devices and home automation, you are at the right place.

Publishing Cortana Skills Just Got Easier

Publishing Cortana Skills Just Got Easier You can now publish your skills directly through Cortana’s channel configuration panel in Microsoft Azure portal! Manage how you...

Alexa Voice Service Expands to Canadian French, with Sonos, Bose, Harman Kardon, Logitech, Jabra,...

Since November 2017, Canadian customers have used Alexa devices to stream millions of songs, access thousands of skills, and control their smart homes...

Why the market for smart speaker apps can’t possibly rival that of smartphones yet

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Last month, I wrote about the large disparity of third-party apps and actions between Amazon Echo and Google Home devices, which prompted a great...

Google Stadia announcement tidbits: 15mbps connection, Chromecast details, pricing timeline, more

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Yesterday Google officially revealed Stadia to the world, the company’s big game streaming project. Impressive is almost an understatement when looking at Google’s ambitious...

Apple Plans to Sell Bundles of Cable TV Channels Through New Streaming Service

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While Apple's new TV streaming service will include its own original content, Apple will also be offering customers access to video streaming subscriptions from...

Microsoft demonstrates xCloud game streaming a week before Google’s ‘future of gaming’ event

Microsoft has provided a live demonstration of its upcoming Project xCloud game streaming service. The software maker originally unveiled xCloud last year,...

Qualcomm’s new smart speaker chipset promises better voice recognition, better audio, more

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As the smart speaker market continues to heat up, Qualcomm is jumping into the ring to provide a new chipset for OEMs to use....

The Vortex, an Alexa Game Skill from Doppio, Delivers a Double Shot of Customer...

After working in the games industry for years, Jeferson Valadares and Chris Barnes were quick to recognize voice technology as the next major...

Google Stadia announced, a game streaming service for Chrome, Android, and TVs

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With Project Stream in October, Google’s rumored work on a game streaming service was all but confirmed. At the Game Developers Conference today, Google...

Code in Latest iOS 12.2 Beta Suggests AirPower Launch Coming Soon

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Apple's long-awaited AirPower could be launching in the near future, based on coding changes that 9to5Mac's Guilherme Rambo says he found in the latest...

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Philips Hue: Setting Up Starter Kit and The Best Apps

Philips Hue is undoubtedly the leader of the smart lighting pack despite stiff competition from LIFX, Sengled and Ikea. The first Hue bulb snapped into...

Your Cheesy Assistant

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This is nacho average weekend: both National Lasagna Day and National Cheesecake Day are here to fill the Swiss cheese-sized holes in your weekend...

Ikea’s ‘affordable’ Sonos-powered speakers to be revealed on April 9th

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You’ve seen the prototypes, but now Ikea has set the date to show off its first Sonos-powered Symfonisk speakers. The “products” (plural)...