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Retail Asia24/06/2022

Amazon is planning to come up with a way that will help Alexa voice assistant users to speak to their family members, even after they’ve died. As per TechCrunch, the online retailer announced its plan about developing a system to let Alexa mimic any voice after hearing less than a minute of audio during its […]

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Retail Asia09/12/2021

Alexa Together is the new subscription-based service for elders launched by Amazon. It’s an upgrade to the existing Care Hub service and it costs $19.99 per month or $199 per year. Besides the basic features offered by Alexa Care Hub, the new service provides seniors with additional benefits. These additional benefits include access to an emergency […]

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Retail Asia05/03/2021

We have all learned to question our privacy in this day and age of constant online activity, Alexa and Siri always listening, and advertisers spewing ads at us about things we hadn’t even yet realized we wanted. The whole Facebook fiasco over data privacy violation didn’t help our sense of security much, either. However, Apple […]

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Retail Asia11/02/2021

An important update is now rolling out to Alexa app users on iOS devices. The update adds support for both Light and Dark modes, allowing users to switch between them on the fly, as well as Dynamic Type support. The update is meant to further improve Alexa’s accessibility features. Thanks to the newly added Dynamic Type support, […]

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Retail Asia26/09/2019

Voice assistants are becoming more useful as companies like Amazon, Apple and Google are trying to penetrate as many markets and industries as possible. It’s great to have a car that allows you to make a call or ask for information concerning the weather without having to touch anything. Voice control has become a convenient […]

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Retail Asia19/07/2019

Amazon promised a few months ago that it will bring Alexa to Sony’s TVs running Android, despite the issues the US retailer has with Google when it comes to access to their TV platforms. Today, a first sign that Amazon fulfilled that promise has just popped up in the Google Play Store in the form of […]

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Retail Asia09/07/2019

Imagine being able to arrange a night out in advance through Alexa by engaging in a naturally flowing conversation with the virtual assistant. This is what Amazon showed off last week at its re: Mars conference when it unveiled a preview of Alexa Conversations. Found in Amazon’s Alexa Skills Kit, Conversations allows developers to combine […]

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Retail Asia05/06/2019

Even though music streaming remains the primary use case for Amazon and Google’s insanely popular smart speakers, it goes without saying Alexa and Google Assistant can do many other cool, innovative, and practical things simply by listening to your voice. The Echo lineup arguably maintains its superiority in the living room, hiding plenty of neat smart home tricks […]

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Retail Asia09/05/2019

If you love music and own an Amazon Echo or another device that uses Alexa as a virtual assistant, we have some good news. Late last week, Amazon announced that those in the U.S. can stream top playlists and stations for free, without having to pay for an Amazon Prime or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription. Instead, a […]

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Retail Asia09/05/2019

Bose announced last week that owners of its smart speakers will be able to enjoy AirPlay 2 support after the last update is installed. This is quite unexpected considering that Bose’s products weren’t among the third-party AirPlay 2 speakers list published by Apple. In any case, if you own a Bose Home Speaker 500 and installed the […]

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Retail Asia19/04/2019

North’s Focals smartglasses look nothing like the original version of Google Glass, which is a good thing. In fact, if you didn’t know any better, you’d think that they were just an ordinary pair of spectacles. But Focals feature Alexa integration allowing you to hear the latest news, view the weather forecast, stream music, control […]

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Retail Asia07/09/2018

Amazon briefly became the second US company to join the trillionaires club overnight. Like Apple just one month ago, Amazon’s market capitalisation has exceeded US$1 trillion. Neil Saunders, MD of GlobalData Retail, described the achieved as “extraordinary” after just 24 years in business. “That Amazon has achieved this demonstrates its dramatic advancement in both the […]

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Retail Asia11/04/2018

The Australian market is approaching 5 months since Amazon launched its highly anticipated marketplace service, and by many accounts its entry hasn’t been all it was cracked up to be. While Amazon has said that Australia brought in its higher launch day volumes in the company’s history, the overwhelming market response to its immediate impact has been […]

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Retail Asia04/09/2017

It’s the first time two tech giants, Amazon and Microsoft open up their AI powered virtual aides to each other. Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp have joined forces to let their voice-controlled virtual assistants talk to each other, offering users the ability to seamlessly tap into work, their homes and shop online. The partnership is […]

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Retail Asia09/05/2017

DHL Parcel’s customers can now use Amazon’s digital smart speaker “Alexa” for updates on their parcels’ delivery status and location. “We want to continually expand and improve service levels for our customers, so of course we’re going to take a close look at any new and innovative technologies available. As an innovation leader in the […]

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Retail Asia05/10/2016

Amazon has unveiled the all-new Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, touted as the most powerful streaming media stick available. The company said the next generation Fire TV Stick is up to 30% faster than the original version, and offers access to over 300,000 movies and TV episodes, and includes the Alexa Voice Remote. […]

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