Entries in Amazon (206)

Friday
Feb262021

Amazon Echo Show 10 retails for $330 in Canada

 

If you wanted to get your hands on the Echo Show 10, we could now tell you that it's available on Amazon.ca. You can buy the smart display for $329.99. You can choose between the Glacier White and Charcoal options.

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Thursday
Feb112021

Alexa lets you share songs with friends via Echo devices

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It's possible to use your Echo smart speaker to send song recommendations to friends. Amazon announced a music sharing feature that lets you share tracks with your Alexa contacts using Echo devices or the Alexa app. Tell Alexa to "share this song with" and state the contact. The recipient can listen to the song on whatever streaming service they have and send a reaction to it your way. 

The voice assistant will try and look for the song on services available to you and your recipient. If it doesn't find it, it'll get a station based on the artist's name and song title. The feature requires you and your contact to have Alexa Communications enabled. Amazon said this is "just the beginning" for the sharing feature, so other sharing capabilities might soon be heading our way.

Source: Engadget

Sunday
Jan102021

This Alexa command will remind you of upcoming events

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A new Alexa command that has rolled out in the US will help you remember upcoming events. All you have to ask Alexa is to "tell me when" an event happens. It will answer your query and simultaneously set a reminder for when that event occurs. You can use it for everything from major sports events, TV show air dates, emails from contacts, holidays, and the like.

This new command is part of Amazon's new strategy to determine your intent instead of merely answering your question. There might be more of these responses in the future. And we're certainly hoping it makes its way here.

Source: Engadget

Saturday
Jan022021

Amazon launches its first TV, only available in India

Amazon is another company that uses India as a testing ground for new product lines. The company just introduced two new televisions under its AmazonBasics brand. Both have Fire OS preinstalled and come with 55- and 50-inch models at US$480 (around CA$612) and US$410 (CA$522), respectively. 

Like other TVs in its price range, both have 4K LED displays that support HDR 10, HLG, and Dolby Vision. And as Amazon products, these support Alexa voice remote and Fire OS 7, but the televisions don't have the newest version of its Fire TV interface. Amazon plans to introduce three additional models, with two smaller, more affordable 1080p and 720p models.

Source: Engadget