Latest Amazon smart home news

Updated All the features and functions that come with having more than one Echo... Read more

Amazon lets you sync up Echo speakers so that they can play tunes in unison, and it lets you use an Echo speaker to control a Fire TV. Now, you can link up an Echo speaker and a Fire TV for simultaneous wireless audio output - aka to achieve a home theatre experience.... Read more

Updated The Amazon Echo is one of a range of hands-free speakers and devices from Amazon that can be controlled with your voice. The voice-controlled "personal... Read more

Amazon has confirmed dates for its upcoming Black Friday Sale: the deals will start rolling in on 22 November... Read more

Hopes move will allow Alexa to become the de facto personal voice assistant and win out against Google Assistant and Apple's Siri.... Read more

Eero’s mesh WiFi systems, including eero and eero Pro, are now available in the UK for the first time since Eero's acquisition by Amazon. The Eero... Read more

You can get an Amazon Echo Dot for just 99 cents if you sign up to an Amazon Music Unlimited plan today.... Read more

Amazon recently announced a multilingual mode for its Alexa devices in the US, Canada, and India. Now, that feature is rolling out.... Read more

Not only can you place a call using the feature, but you can also leave a voice message or send a text-based message.... Read more

Amazon already has a couple so-called Day One Edition devices in testing. Here's everything you need to know about them, including when you can try them yourself.... Read more

Amazon recently unveiled a slew of devices at its now-annual autumn hardware event, but buried among those product launches was a new technology protocol that the company briefly mentioned. Called Sidewalk, it's designed to connect smart devices in and around your house.... Read more

Amazon chief Jeff Bezos got up on stage during the aftermath of Amazon's lengthy product launch today to hail the work of Amazon's team in developing the new Echo Studio.... Read more

Here is everything the company announced in one handy place... Read more

Amazon is one-upping its own Alexa-enabled microwave from last year, by introducing a smart oven that doubles as a microwave. It even works as an air fryer.... Read more

Amazon is adding smart glasses and smart rings to its ever-growing list of Echo-branded devices.... Read more

Amazon has announced an Alexa-equipped wall plug, called Echo Flex, and it's available for pre-order in different versions for both the US and the UK.... Read more

Amazon has announced the first mesh network Wi-Fi system to be released after its acquisition of specialist brand Eero.... Read more

Amazon loves to add to the Echo ecosystem and has released a number of devices for kids in the past. The Amazon Echo Glow is exactly that - a smart light... Read more

You can now choose to auto-delete your Alexa recordings after 3 or 18 months. Amazon is announcing a bunch of stuff at its devices and services event... Read more

Amazon has announced a new version of the Echo Show called Echo Show 8. It follows the Echo Show 5 from last year.... Read more

Amazon has announced a new version of its popular Echo speaker moving to the third generation and shifting the design to look more like the 2018 Echo Plus.The... Read more

Amazon has announced a number of new Echo devices at its September event, including the Echo Studio, an all-new Echo, an Echo Dot with a clock and an... Read more

Amazon is live in Seattle, where it is announcing new hardware, including something called "Echo Dot with clock".... Read more

Amazon has announced a new Voice Interoperability Initiative, with the goal of allowing people to access multiple voice services - from Amazon Alexa to Microsoft Cortana - on a single device. More than 30 companies have joined the effort, including Spotify, Sonos, Salesforce, Microsoft, Harman, Ecobee, Bose, BMW.... Read more

Alexa just became a lot more useful for people who are visually impaired, thanks to a new feature called Show and Tell. Here's how it works.... Read more

Amazon has a hardware event set for 26 September, roughly one year after it held a similar hardware event to announce several new devices, ranging from an Alexa-enabled microwave to a wall clock. This year, we're expecting even more Alexa devices to be announced.... Read more

The idea is you’ll be able to make campaign donations to 2020 presidential candidates through your Amazon Alexa-enabled devices, as long as the candidate is eligible and chooses to sign up for Alexa donations. Here's how the feature works.... Read more

Congratulations, you’re the newest source for Alexa to draw upon when answering users' questions.... Read more

Amazon is holding a "devices and services" event at its HQ in Seattle on 25 September.It's a fair bet that we'll be getting at least some new Echo devices... Read more

We've already seen some instances of this type of thing before, of course. Ikea Place is probably our favourite, again enabling you to see the Swedish... Read more

Amazon is slashing prices on its own devices in the end of summer sales, including the new Amazon Echo Show 5... Read more

Amazon has given Alexa users a new feature: The ability to change how fast it talks.... Read more

Amazon has finally put its £30 Echo Wall Clock on sale in the UK.... Read more

Amazon is now enabling you to prevent human review of your Alexa voice commands should you wish. The feature is enabled through an option in the settings... Read more

Amazon is working on a new training method to help improve Alexa's ability to answer more complex questions and solve your queries more usefully.... Read more

Once you’ve enabled it, Alexa will announce the artist and name of every song before it plays.... Read more

It's super common to misplace your phone at home. We all do it. It can fall between the couch cushions, get lost in the bedsheets, be left in some random room, or even forgotten in the car in your garage.... Read more

Amazon has finally announced the Blink XT2 security camera for the UK -  it's available now from the etailer and will be available from Argos in the coming... Read more

A few years ago, the coordinated smart home felt like a pipe dream, but Alexa has changed all that... Read more

Amazon has been quietly tinkering away on two new Alexa-enabled devices: A wheeled home robot, and a high-end Echo speaker.... Read more

Amazon released its Echo Show 5 last week and we had the opportunity to meet with Dennis Stansbury, Amazon’s UK head of Alexa experience and devices.... Read more

Amazon has introduced a more compact 5.5-inch version of the Echo Show - named the Echo Show 5.... Read more

You could pay hundreds and perhaps thousands for a smart home security system. Or you could just use the Echo device you already own.... Read more

Amazon has quietly announced a new smart camera under a brand it acquired a couple years ago.... Read more

If you're worried about your privacy or want to remove a recorded conversation, we have all the details... Read more

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says that Amazon needs to "occasionally have multibillion-dollar failures" so that the company is "experimenting at the right... Read more

A team of actual living people listen to selected Alexa commands as part of a process intended to help Amazon learn more about what people are asking... Read more

Amazon has told us that Apple Music integration has been enabled on UK-based Echo devices from today.... Read more

Amazon has stopped sales of its physical Dash buttons, saying that the convenience of them has largely been replaced by new ways to shop.... Read more

Thanks to the Alexa Skill Blueprints initiative, you can make and publish your own custom skills - and you don't need to be an app developer to do so.... Read more