Amazon has finally started rolling out the updated Alexa Home Theater feature. This lets you use the latest Echo speakers as ...

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Google Nest and Amazon announced new iterations of their smart speakers at their respective fall 2020 hardware events. With the release of both the Google Nest Audio and the Amazon Echo 4th generation ...

Amazon’s Echo Dot line has long since been the best starter smart speaker for most, and this year the brand released the 5th iteration of the Echo Dot (and Echo Dot with Clock). While this is a review ...

Amazon has new Echo speakers to sell you. And if you're wondering whether or not to ditch the old ones for these, the answer comes down to two key questions for Alexa, the personal assistant. This ...

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Six years ago, Amazon essentially created a new consumer electronics category. Expectations weren’t particularly high when the first Echo device debuted in November of 2014. Amazon, after all, has ...

Update, Nov. 12, 2021: Thanks to the Amazon Echo (2020)'s reasonable price, solid sound, upgraded smarts and new design, it remains an Editors' Choice as a top smart speaker for 2021. Our review, ...

People don’t want Amazon Echo Buds or Sony WF-1000XM3 buds — they want AirPods. Three years after their release, I’m convinced nobody will make true wireless earbuds as iconic as AirPods. Like many ...

After over two years of intrigue and waiting, Amazon’s successor to its first foray into earbuds has arrived. The second-gen Echo Buds are now shipping, and we’ve spent nearly a week with them. Echo ...