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Splash Music Alexa Skill app
Alexa’s new generative AI apps you help could become the next Grammy award-winning producer

By Rowan Davies Published

Amazon’s new AI apps with Alexa let you use chatbots and produce music from your Echo device.

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Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd gen) in use by author
Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd gen) review: the near-perfect smart display for most households

By Michelle Rae Uy Published

Making smart speakers a tad redundant

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Echo Show 8 (3rd gen)
Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd gen): everything we know about the next-gen smart display

By Michelle Rae Uy Published

The new Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd gen) has a new design, a new user interface, and Adaptive Content – here's everything you need to know.

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Fire TV now on Amazon Echo Show 15
Amazon Echo Show 15 finally becomes the kitchen TV it always wanted to be

By Cesar Cadenas Published

The update adds support for Amazon Fire TV and spatial audio processing for improved audio.

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Amazon Creative AI beta
Amazon Echo Show's Mad Lib-like skills are just weird enough to make you want one

By Lance Ulanoff Published

Amazon's currently-in-beta Create with Alexa can turn an Echo Show into a silly story engine.

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Google Nest Hub Max
Google Nest Hub Max review

By Andrew Williams Last updated

Updated The Google Nest Hub Max isn't just a great smart display, but a great smart speaker, too.

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Apple HomePod on blue background
Apple may be working on an Amazon Echo Show rival

By Axel Metz Published

Fresh reports suggest Apple is working on a new HomePod mini and two further smart home devices, in addition to the HomePod 2.

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The Amazon Echo Show 8 (1st gen) on a blue background and the Echo Show 8 (2nd gen) on a pink background
Amazon Echo Show 8 (1st gen) vs Amazon Echo Show 8 (2nd gen): which smart display should you buy?

By Carrie-Ann Skinner Last updated

We pitted the Amazon Echo Show 8 (1st gen) against the Amazon Echo Show 8 (2nd gen) to find out which smart display you should choose.

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Ikea Dirigera hub next to the Ikea Bookshelf speaker
Ikea's new hub plays nice with Apple, Amazon and Google gadgets to banish smart home blues

By Hamish Hector Last updated

Ikea's new smart home hub will link up to Apple, Amazon, and Google gadgets thanks to its Matter compatibility.

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Google Nest Hub
The rumored Google Nest Hub 3 detachable tablet is the shake-up smart displays need

By Gerald Lynch Published

Opinion Opinion: A convertible smart display is the user-first sort of design change I can get behind.

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