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A new report in The Wall Street Journal says that Amazon’s Alexa devices unit posts an operating loss of $5 billion per year and could face significant cuts.

Amazon today announced that it will roll out support for Matter across the Alexa ecosystem by the end of next month.

Amazon launched Alexa Game Control at Gamescom 2022 this week, and Dead Island 2 will be the first game title to use it.

At its Alexa Live virtual event today, Amazon introduced new features and tools for developers who target its digital assistant.

As its name implies, the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential with Alexa is a simple device that’s powered by Amazon’s digital assistant.

Lenovo has sold Google Assistant-powered smart home devices for years, but now it is offering an Alexa-powered smart clock as well.

Internal Amazon documents viewed by Bloomberg show that the firm’s Alexa digital assistant has a serious engagement problem.

At its annual devices event today, Amazon unleashed a new generation of Alexa-powered hardware and services.

As part of its virtual Alexa Live event this week, Amazon announced over 50 new Alexa features for developers.

LG announced today that Amazon Alexa is coming to a wide range of third-party smart TVs that are built on its webOS TV platform.

Amazon today announced Reading Sidekick, a new Alexa feature that requires an Amazon Kids+ subscription and reads books along with kids.

Interested developers can now register for Amazon’s Alexa Live 2021 virtual event, which will be held on July 21 at 9 am PT/12 pm ET.

Amazon will host a free, live virtual event aimed at Alexa skill builders, device makers, startups, and business leaders on July 21.

Amazon announced today that Alexa Show Mode is now available on Windows 10, but only on select Lenovo PCs.

In partnership with Microsoft, Amazon now lets customers directly download Xbox Game Pass titles using the Alexa smart assistant.

Amazon announced this morning that Alexa Conversations is now available for developers to use in the United States.

Amazon alerted users of its Alexa-powered devices that it will soon enable a potentially dangerous new service called Sidewalk. You may want to disable it.

As it does every September, Amazon today unleashed another amazing collection of Alexa-powered smart home devices.

At its Alexa Live 2020 virtual event today, Amazon has announced dozens of new features for developers targeting the Alexa voice assistant.

In a long-overdue move, Amazon, Apple, Google, and others are partnering on a standard for the smart home industry.

The Fire TV Blaster is a Fire TV and Echo device add-on that brings Alexa capabilities to existing TVs and other entertainment devices.

New data from Canalys claims that Google smart speaker sales plummeted 40 percent year-over-year. What’s happening?

Each year, Amazon announces a tsunami of new Alexa-powered products. And each year, Google counters with … what?

With antitrust regulators breathing down its neck, Amazon has extended an olive branch to other makers of digital personal assistants.

Fitbit today announced the Alexa-powered Versa 2 smartwatch, a more affordable Aria Air smart scale, and Fitbit Premium.

Amazon today announced a smaller version of its Echo Show smart display that will retail for just $90 when it goes on sale in June.

First announced in September 2018 for new Echo smart speakers, Alexa Guard is now available on all Echo speakers.