Alexa often asks me, unprompted, if I’d like it to give me a heads-up when snow is forecasted. It’s an unexpectedly proactive gesture. Except here in the San Francisco Bay Area, snow is never in the ...

Google Assistant was supposed to be Google’s future. The voice assistant was an early attempt at ambient computing that gave customers a one-on-one relationship with all of the company’s products.

In this test, Siri mainly has problems handling multiple countdowns. On the HomePod or even the Apple Watch, Siri can set multiple countdowns, while on the iPhone, Siri can only set one countdown. In ...

Apple and Amazon simply won’t be able to compete with Google’s virtual assistant over the next few years. Apple’s Siri virtual assistant is the best-known out there. Amazon dominates the home ...

Commentary: Gemini for Home is a huge leap into conversational AI for all Nest users, and we've been waiting for serious improvements.

It's not a search engine; it's a voice assistant. When OpenAI randomly shared late last week that it would have a big announcement to kick off Monday, rumors swirled. Was OpenAI planning to try to ...

With the new premium $35 Alexa Voice Remote Pro, you can say "Alexa, find my remote" into any Echo device you own (or the ...

I have used several smart speakers powered by Google Assistant for quite a while. The first device I picked up was the Nest Mini, which was followed by the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max. I have one ...

Why this is important: Amazon recently launched Alexa+, a service that brings similar functionality to the Alexa platform. Gemini for Home could match and potentially exceed Alexa+ in terms fo ...

Google Assistant joins Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, Samsung's Bixby, and Microsoft's Cortana in the lineup of digital ...

Apple is reportedly in advanced talks to integrate Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence models to power a major upgrade to ...