When Amazon first released the Echo with its voice assistant Alexa, many consumers thought “Yeah, this is cool, but do I really need this?” While consumers can connect to their Echo via bluetooth, add ...

Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.

With a fresh infusion of personality, smarts and expertise, a new Alexa − officially, Alexa+ − is about to transform Amazon’s smart home control center from simple command-taker to a perky and ...