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.

BY Paul Thurrott with 36 Comments
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.
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
As it does every September, Amazon today unleashed another amazing collection of Alexa-powered smart home devices.
BY Paul Thurrott with 2 Comments
Amazon FreeTime and FreeTime Unlimited are now called Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids+, and each is getting new content and features.
BY Paul Thurrott with 35 Comments
In the wake of its legal challenge to Google, Sonos has finally gone after the market leader, Amazon, albeit indirectly.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 5 Comments
Apple and Amazon today announced the release of Apple Podcasts on Amazon Echo, meaning you can now listen to Apple Podcasts on your Alexa-enabled device.
BY Paul Thurrott with 23 Comments
New data from Canalys claims that Google smart speaker sales plummeted 40 percent year-over-year. What’s happening?
BY Paul Thurrott with 7 Comments
Amazon is allowing users of its FireTV and Echo products to combine them and create a home theater solution.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 5 Comments
Amazon launches Echo Buds, the company's brand new $129 bluetooth buds that come with Alexa integration and noise-cancellation from Bose.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 1 Comment
Amazon's Echo Flex is a neat little $24.99 speaker that includes Alexa and lets you attach additional accessories that work perfectly with Ring's security system.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 0 Comments
Amazon has a new Echo Dot that can show you the time and weather, as well as a new Echo with an improved design and audio.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 12 Comments
Amazon is working on a new, high-end Echo speaker that will offer premium sound like the HomePod and Google Home Max.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 5 Comments
Amazon is launching a new Echo Dots Kids Edition based on the third-gen Echo Dot with new parental features, more.
BY Paul Thurrott with 8 Comments
First announced in September 2018 for new Echo smart speakers, Alexa Guard is now available on all Echo speakers.
BY Paul Thurrott with 3 Comments
Amazon today announced that its Alexa customers now have access to a free, ad-supported version of Amazon Music.
BY Paul Thurrott with 3 Comments
The market researchers at Canalys claim that the smart speaker installed base will top 200 million globally by the end of 2019.
BY Paul Thurrott with 21 Comments
A new report says that smart speaker sales hit a new record in the holiday quarter of 2018, with 86.2 million units sold.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 3 Comments
Amazon is offering huge discounts for almost all its Echo devices.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 3 Comments
Amazon superpowers Alexa routines with new features, introduces better email integration, more.
BY Paul Thurrott with 29 Comments
Apple Music is coming to the Amazon Echo and other Alexa-powered smart devices, starting December 17.
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
Microsoft has brought Skype audio and video calling to the Alexa platform. And it works with all modern Alexa devices.
BY Paul Thurrott with 18 Comments
It's yet another not-so-subtle indication that Microsoft is pushing Cortana aside for Amazon's digital personal assistant
BY Paul Thurrott with 2 Comments
Amazon is now pushing its less well-known Alexa for Business offering to third-party Alexa-compatible devices.
BY Paul Thurrott with 32 Comments
I needed a few days to decompress after Amazon's massive set of announcements on Thursday. There is so much going on here.
BY Paul Thurrott with 50 Comments
Today, Amazon revealed that it is dramatically increasing the number of Alexa-powered smart home devices it sells.
BY Paul Thurrott with 7 Comments
Look out, Apple, Google, and Microsoft: Amazon is trying to muscle in on this month of tech device announcements.
BY Paul Thurrott with 11 Comments
Two new reports point to an inevitable conclusion: Google could overtake Amazon in the smart speaker market as soon as this year.
BY Paul Thurrott with 27 Comments
Amazon's Echo devices may still dominate the smart speaker market, but customers rarely use them to purchase goods from the e-retailer.