Amazon's Echo is a standalone voice assistant you can boss around

Got to hand it to Amazon, eh? Days after announcing same-day delivery service for Prime members in Vanvouver and Toronto, they now  revealed a standalone personal assistant.

Echo looks like a speaker but is actually a connected voice assistant like Apple's Siri, Google Now and Microsoft's Cortana. As shown by the cringeworthy ad above, it is triggered by the 'Alexa' word and can be engaged in a number of ways.

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ASUS ZenWatch breaks cover, coming Best Buy and Google Play for $199

ASUS is entering the Android Wear space with its ZenWatch wearable and is making it available to US Best Buy retail stores on November 9 for and lateron the Google Play store for an SRT of $ 199.99.

ASUS' take on the smart watch has a stainless-steel case, features an attractive layered design composed of a striking rose-gold-colored band inset between two steel layers. The case is curved for increased comfort and a stylish look, and the watch face is covered with a layer of curved glass. It is designed to look like a traditional dress watch and will work with most Android smartphones running Android 4.3 and newer.

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Battery drain bug reportedly the cause for delay of Nexus 5's Lollipop update

If you've been wondering why your Nexus 5 didn't get the Android 5.0 release at the same time as the Nexus 9, there are reports that a battery draining bug caused handsets to drain after a few hours of use. Testers claim battery only lasts three to four hours for their Nexus 5 devices and Wi-Fi has to be turned off to remedy the situation.

Google seems to have addressed this issue and rolled out a new build of Lollipop to the testers that should improve battery life (which is actually what Android Lollipop promises to bring to devices). If there aren't anymore issues that surface, perhaps the November 12 release rumours might come true.

Source: TechnoBuffalo | Via: Cult of Android

Google Drive adds Touch ID support for iOS 8 devices

Google has update its cloud storage app Drive to add new handy features like Touch ID support and the ability to save videos from Drive to your device. Google also boosted app support for opening and saving files saved on their cloud. The Touch ID feature and improved file support are available for iOS 8 devices, while saving video from Google Cloud to your iOS device will work for iOS 7 devices and up.

Source: Google Drive | Via: The Next Web | Download: Apple App Store (Free)