Since launching in 2014, Alexa has grown far beyond its original role as a simple voice assistant for music and reminders.

Amazon is working to replace what it refers to internally as “Classic Alexa,” the current free version, with an AI-powered one and yet another tier that uses more powerful AI software for more ...

Amazon talked a lot about Alexa’s AI-fueled upgrade, which includes allowing users to create Routines by voice and adding the next generation of generative artificial intelligence.

Other Amazon devices -- namely the Amazon Tap and Amazon Fire TV voice remote -- require you to press a button in order to wake Alexa up. This is because those devices aren't hardwired like the Echo.

If you're using an Amazon Echo, and rebooting the device doesn't seem to bring Alexa online, what you need to do next is check its status lights. A red ring on your Echo means the microphone is muted.

Amazon's new Alexa is rolling out, and Fortune Tech Correspondent Jason Del Rey put the tech to the test to see what it can ...

In the age of the AI boom, it seems everything's getting a makeover. The ill-defined software has totally revamped perfectly ...

Alexa became HIPAA compliant in 2019. That same year, Bloomberg reported that Amazon workers were actively listening to samples of Alexa users’ audio in order to improve the service.

The way Irish Alexa emphasized “r’s” and softened “t’s” stuck out, they said, and Amazon got the accent as a whole right. “It sounds authentic to me,” Ms. Tallon said.

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Alexa, Amazon's artificial intelligence technology, is "always getting smarter" with frequent new updates. Many were introduced amid the COVID-19 pandemic during which customers "spent more time ...

Rival Google says some 10,000 smart home devices work with Google Home, Google's answer to Alexa, but we couldn't find a website that spelled it out as distinctly as Amazon did at its retail store.