After more than a year of flying under the radar by tech standards, Amazon's Alexa voice-controlled assistant platform is looking to become more mainstream, and one of its first moves to that end is ...

With so many smart devices on the market, it can be difficult — and overwhelming — to figure out which device you should get. Even if you restrict your search to include only Amazon offerings, the ...

When talking about the best smart speakers around, most people juggle between the Amazon Echo and Google Home. You would think that the competition would be a little less brutal for the smart home ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Within one morning of playing around with a new Amazon Tap device, my 8-year-old daughter resorted to the scatological. To ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

Alexa, aka the Amazon Echo, is coming to two new members of the product line. The Amazon Tap is a portable version of the Echo to allow taking Alexa everywhere. The Echo Dot is a small device designed ...

The good: Amazon’s Alexa voice interface can now work in new places The bad: Tap is missing what makes Alexa magic Who should buy it: People looking for a Bluetooth speaker with a twist The Amazon ...

The Amazon Echo product line grew recently with the launch of the Amazon Tap and Echo Dot. This expands Alexa into a full platform with solutions to appeal to a range of prospective buyers. The more ...

When Amazon first unveiled the Echo, its smart speaker with the Alexa virtual assistant, most people didn’t know what to do or expect from the thing. And not surprisingly: Amazon had given no hints or ...

The Amazon Tap Portable Speaker makes Amazon’s Alexa voice service technology mobile and cheaper in one package. We reviewed the original Amazon Echo giving it rave reviews. How does the smaller and ...

This morning, Amazon announced two new voice-controlled home assistant devices—the $130 Amazon Tap Bluetooth speaker and the $90 Echo Dot. The two new devices are follow-ups to the original Echo ...

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