Amazon has thousands of employees listen to Echo audio clips as part of improving Alexa's machine learning so that the personal assistant could better respond to voice commands.
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Bloomberg: Amazon is readying an AirPods rival with better sound and built-in Alexa access
In the latest attempt to take the Alexa assistant mobile after the flopped Fire phone, Amazon is reportedly working on an AirPods-like wireless earbuds that will "look and act" similar to Apple's earphones while offering built-in Alexa access and beating AirPods on sound quality.
Google impressive and scary Duplex feature is now rolling out to iPhone users in the US
Google’s creepy human-sounding AI that can book an appointment on your behalf with business such as eateries is currently being rolled out to iPhone customers in the US.
Half of smart speaker users say they don’t seek out any voice apps at all
Every other smart speaker user who participated in a survey by voice software site Voicebot and Voicify, which makes developer tools, has said they don’t discover any voice apps.
Google’s creepy human-sounding AI that can book a reservation for you is coming to iPhone
Google's human-sounding AI helper which stole the show at Google I/O 2018 by making an erringly realistically sounding phone call to a hair salon is coming to your iPhone soon.
How to change Siri’s voice and language on HomePod
Not happy with how Siri sounds on your HomePod? Luckily, you can change the voice and language of Siri to suit your preferences. In this article, we'll show you how to change Siri's voice and language on your HomePod.
Apple Music may soon support Google speakers, Smart Displays & Android TVs
Apple's music-streaming service may soon integrate with Google Home and other third-party speakers that support Google Assistant, as well as Smart Displays and Android TV devices.
Google is rolling out Assistant in Maps for iOS
Google announced today at the CES 2019 show that it has begun rolling out its popular voice-activated Assistant feature to the mobile Maps app for iOS and Android.
Instagram launching walkie-talkie voice messaging feature in Direct
After launching video chat in its built-in messaging feature, aptly named Direct, earlier this summer, Facebook-owned Instagram today began rolling out voice messages.
Animoji could get sound effects and voices based on specific facial expressions
As evidenced by a recent Apple patent application published last week, a future version of the Animoji feature could play appropriate sound effects for each avatar that could be triggered easily by the user making specific facial expressions.
Apple researching offline Siri mode
No one likes when Siri gives up on them just because their iPhone cannot establish a network connection or the cellular signal is weak, but Apple may have a solution for this: offline Siri.