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Alexa, help! Amazon partners with EVgo to ease EV charging pain
6Jan By adminNo Comments
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Alexa, help! Amazon partners with EVgo to ease EV charging pain

[ad_1] E-commerce giant Amazon hopes a new partnership with EVgo, powered by its Alexa voice assistant will help smooth the electric vehicle charging experience for owners. E-commerce giant Amazon hopes a new partnership with EVgo, powered by its Alexa voice assistant, will help smooth the electric vehicle charging experience for owners. Announced on Thursday at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the new service aims to streamline the process of locating, initiating and paying for a charging session -- still pain points for many EV drivers -- according to EVgo, one of the nation's largest EV charging network operators. When it launches later in 2023, the Alexa-assisted EV charging service will connect drivers to more than 150,000 U.S. public charging stations throug...
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‘Home Assistant’ to get its own voice separate from Siri or Alexa
30Dec By adminNo Comments
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‘Home Assistant’ to get its own voice separate from Siri or Alexa

[ad_1] 'Home Assistant', an open-source platform for smart home interaction, would soon be having all its voice commands localized. No need for Google, Siri or Alexa to speak with your AI-powered smart home platform anymore. 'Home Assistant', an open-source platform for smart home interaction, would soon be having all its voice commands localized. The platform's founder, Paulus Schoutsen, took to the official 'Home Assistant' blog last week to announce the launching of the project which would give the housing platform its own voice assistant with a set of basic sentences to start with. "It is our goal for 2023 to let users control Home Assistant in their own language," the blog read. According to a report by US-based tech portal 'The Verge', the Schoutsen-run company 'Nabu Cas...
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Amazon Devices Chief Pledges Big Alexa Bets Despite Job Cuts
15Dec By adminNo Comments
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Amazon Devices Chief Pledges Big Alexa Bets Despite Job Cuts

[ad_1] Amazon.com Inc.’s devices chief said the company remains committed to building out the Alexa ecosystem despite job cuts in the once fast-growing division. Amazon.com Inc.'s devices chief said the company remains committed to building out the Alexa ecosystem despite job cuts in the once fast-growing division.When Amazon last month initiated its biggest-ever round of layoffs, they fell first and hardest on the Devices and Services group. The unit is responsible for the Alexa voice-activated assistant, Echo smart speakers, Fire streaming devices and home robots. In an interview Tuesday, Senior Vice President Dave Limp called the cuts “a painful event and not one you ever want to do.” Still, he said: “Is there some lack of commitment to Amazon's devices and services business? By an...
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When It Comes To Loss-Making Alexa, Why Amazon Should Think of iPhone
23Nov By adminNo Comments
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When It Comes To Loss-Making Alexa, Why Amazon Should Think of iPhone

[ad_1] Amazon has the wrong business plan for its popular smart speaker. It should think of it more like the iPhone. When Amazon.com Inc. first introduced its Echo smart speaker in 2016, it was mocked in some parts of the tech press as a gimmick. Why would anyone want a speaker to tell them the day of the week, or ask how many teaspoons were in a tablespoon? It turns out lots of people do. An estimated 65 million Echo units were sold globally last year, and sales are project to continue increasing. When it comes to scale and popularity, the speaker's digital assistant Alexa has been a tremendous success. But the snark at the start of Alexa's life was partly right. Financially  it's been a flop. Amazon sells its device at cost and with more than 10,000 employees working on the project,...
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