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This Tuesday, Amazon scooped up Ring in a billion dollar deal, and the move makes perfect sense. With Ring's popular doorbell-camera devices with an app to monitor your home from wherever you are, Amazon will be able to advance and improve its developments in smart home tech.

Google works hard on its messengers, but it's going to be a tough fight to the top. New competitors appear to be emerging and Google is leaning on a failed industry standard. It's going to be hard to beat Facebook and Amazon. Yes: Amazon.

Amazon has a big ace up its sleeve with its Echo Spot and video calling features. In our test with the Echo Spot and Show, I was quickly convinced by the experience.

Amazon has announced a new feature for Alexa—now you can use Amazon's smart assistant to send text messages using your voice. You just need to ask Alexa and it will take care of it for you, even to contacts without an Alexa device of their own. The catch? Well, so far Alexa can only send an SMS from Android devices.

The year 2017 was marked by many technological, social and financial changes. Not least in the world of mobile and consumer tech. Here are the most important ones to keep in mind as we head into 2018.

Google Home Mini and Amazon Echo Dot are the two cheapest smart connected speakers on the market. But: which one is the best?

The Fire HD 10 (2017) puts the functionality of the Echo Dots into a tablet. The Alexa integration makes the tablet a great everyday assistant

Voice control at home can really make your life easier. Could it be right for you, too? We have reasons for and against Alexa, Siri, Assistant and co. to help you decide.

Can you imagine an escape room where, to solve the puzzles, you rely exclusively on Amazon Alexa? But it's only the beginning...

Consumer tech points towards a future where every home is an ecosystem of smart devices, controlled via a smart assistant, but would you invite it into your house?

Yesterday in Seattle, Amazon brought their latest Alexa-ready wares to the stage and we got more than expected.

Many pioneers in the tech world believe voice technology is the way of the future. Would you agree? Here's what we think.

Want to enjoy Alexa without owning an Amazon Echo? There are a few ways to do so without having to fork out additional money.

Voice shopping wars escalate as Google teams up with Walmart to form a formidable partnership that should send a shiver down Alexa’s spine.

Amazon may be working on its own messenger app to compete against Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Snapchat and all the others. But will it be successful?

Is Alexa not exciting you yet? Wait til you find out about all the devices that can communicate with it.

Bixby just can't seem to pick up steam. A beta test was run in the US, but Samsung's intelligent voice assistant is postponed yet again due to a lack of big data.

Amazon is throwing its hat in the ring against other smart assistants: Google Assistant, Apple Siri. But which is best? I took a deeper look at what Amazon Alexa can do.

Which Artificial Intelligence-equipped peakers paired with digital assistants software would you choose? Apple HomePod, Amazon Echo, Cortona or Bixby?

You've probably been hearing a lot about AI assistants lately, especially Samsung's Bixby. Here's which one AndroidPIT readers think will be the best.