Amazon adds over 100 shopping capabilities to Alexa
Amazon says agentic-feature users grew 8x this year and over 400 million used Alexa to shop in 12 months.
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Conversational Gemini navigation arrives in Apple CarPlay
US drivers can ask Google Maps multi-step questions by voice; a global rollout is underway, without Android Auto’s personalization features.
Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my life
A year-long review finds Alexa Plus strong for smart homes but weak as a personal assistant, with intrusive Echo ads.
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Tencent's Gander aims to keep talking while it works in the background
Tencent's Hunyuan Speech team introduces Gander, a full-duplex voice model pairing a conversational 'cerebellum' with a swappable background agent 'brain'.
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Amazon launches Alexa+ in India with Hindi support
Amazon launched its generative AI Alexa+ assistant in India with Hindi support in Early Access, free for Prime customers after testing.
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