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Retail Asia17/02/2023

Apple has applied for a new patent allowing iMessages to be read in the sender’s voice. And no, this is not Siri reading the message or a straight-up voice note. This is your phone reading the written words as it thinks they would sound and be said by the person writing them. For those of […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2022

If you need a second number that will still ring through to your smartphone, you might consider the Google Voice app. Subscribers to the service can also make phone calls using this second number, and send/receive text messages. The second phone number could be used for personal calls, or if you have a business that […]

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Retail Asia31/03/2022

As people start using voice messaging more and more, apps like WhatsApp must fine-tune the experience provided by their services. Initially introduced back in 2013, WhatsApp’s voice messaging service hasn’t evolved too much over the years, despite its userbase becoming larger. Today, WhatsApp announced plans to improve the voice messaging experience on its platform with the addition […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2022

A report by WABetainfo reveals how WhatsApp’s global voice message player might look like. The player will be able to play voice messages that you have already begun listening to anywhere within the app. The picture shows that the voice message player might be situated at the top of the WhatsApp app and might include a […]

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Retail Asia17/12/2021

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Meta and Ray-Ban’s Stories glasses just received their latest software update, which broadens up the voice capabilities of their product. The newest Stories glasses update enables you to control them with your voice. You can tell the built-in voice assistant to send texts and make calls using Messenger. The Ray-Ban Stories assistant can now also […]

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Retail Asia29/10/2021

If you’re concerned about the privacy of your voice communications, Google has a new way to guarantee that no one can snoop in on your calls anymore. Of course, there’s only so much the search giant can control, so the newly announced end-to-end encryption feature will merely work on the company’s own Fi MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) […]

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Retail Asia02/07/2021

More voices are coming to one of the most popular navigation app, Waze. This time we have something special to talk about, as Waze is adding cats and dogs voices to its mobile apps. So, regardless of whether you’re a cat or dog person, Waze now has you covered. From today for a limited time, Waze […]

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Retail Asia10/06/2021

Microsoft rolled out important new features to Office Mobile in the last month. After getting full-fledged dark mode support back in May, the Android version of Office Mobile is now gaining yet another new feature: the ability to capture voice recordings. As the name suggests, the new feature lets Android users go beyond simple voice memos, with […]

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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 Asia13/11/2019

Waze has just announced that due to popular demand it has decided to bring back a beloved voice. Starting today, in celebration of Cookie Monster’s birthday this month, Waze users will be able to download the Cookie Monster voice for a limited time in the United States. Cookie Monster is Waze’s most downloaded voice in the […]

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Retail Asia24/09/2019

OCBC’s voice-based virtual assistant has successfully resolved over 20,000 requests since its launch in mid-August, the bank said, breaking down the request types received. According to OCBC, half of the requests were about spending categories and budgets with another 30 percent being on inquires about past banking transactions. Other popular voice-based requests include locating ATMs, […]

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Retail Asia14/06/2019

If you’re a long time Waze user, then you’re probably familiar with the app’s habit to bring in celebrities to give you driving directions. Of course, if you haven’t tried out the popular navigation app yet, this is a great chance to give it a go since the hip hop musician DJ Khaled is going […]

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Retail Asia27/05/2019

The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has reported a 44% year-on-year increase in net profit for the first three months of 2019 to 6.7 billion pesos ($129.1 million), partly as a result of strong data revenue growth. The company reported revenue for the quarter of 36 billion pesos, up 13% year-on-year. Growth was mainly fueled by increasing […]

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Retail Asia27/05/2019

Spotify has decided to be more aggressive with its ads and announced over the weekend that it will launch voice-enabled advertisements. They are meant to encourage customers to use verbal commands to take action on the ad’s content available through Spotify. TechCrunch reports the audio ads will initially redirect listeners to a branded Spotify playlist or […]

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Retail Asia08/05/2019

Sometimes it feels like Facebook has no awareness of its public perception at all. There are already proven stories about how Facebook has been gathering more data than they claim and using that data in ways you might not expect. There are conspiracy theories that Facebook is spying on users and listening to conversations. Even […]

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Retail Asia07/11/2017

Struggling Indian operator Reliance Communications will stop offering 2G voice services in eight circles from December as a cost saving measure. Telecoms regulator Trai has issued a direction stating that RCom plans to discontinue 2G GSM services in eight telecoms circles after the closure of the merger between RCom and Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), providing only 4G data services. RCom […]

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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 Asia10/07/2017

The Chinese device costs significantly less than counterparts by Amazon and Google. China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd launched on Wednesday a cut-price voice assistant speaker, similar to Amazon.com Inc’s “Echo”, its first foray into artificially intelligent home devices. The “Tmall Genie”, named after the company’s e-commerce platform Tmall, costs 499 yuan ($73.42), significantly less than […]

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Retail Asia23/11/2016

Singtel has expanded its ReadyRoam mobile data roaming service to cover multi-destination roaming across 26 countries in Asia, Europe and North America. The ReadyRoam 1GB for 30 days service will allow customers to use the same pool of data while traveling between any of the supported countries. The base service supports roaming between 11 Asian […]

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