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Google Home app interface showing Gemini controlling colorful smart lights
AI Business

Google's Gemini Home Update: Fancy Light Tricks or Empty Hype?

Want your lights to glow like the ocean? Google's pimping Gemini for that. But does 'natural' control fix smart home woes—or just distract from them?

3 min read 17 hours ago
Echo Show displaying conversational Grubhub order cart with real-time updates
AI Business

Alexa Plus Finally Makes Food Ordering Feel Human — No More Menu Hell

Tired of Alexa's robotic back-and-forth for fries? Now you chat like at a drive-thru. This isn't just convenience—it's Amazon rebuilding Alexa from the ground up.

3 min read 1 day, 23 hours ago
Amazon Echo device displaying Alexa+ interface with natural conversation demo
AI Business

Alexa+ Hits UK Homes: Amazon's Bid to Turn Egg Timers into Mind-Readers

Everyone figured Alexa was toast—stuck as a basic timer in dusty corners. But this AI glow-up? It's Amazon shoving a genAI brain into your walls, whispering football scores with a cheeky 'mate' and plotting your bedtime routine.

3 min read 2 weeks ago
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