Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most ...

Amazon showed me its new Alexa Home Theater surround sound system, which synchronizes and automatically configures multiple ...

Sound United’s Polk brand came to CES with one of the industry’s first wireless multiroom soundbars with far-field microphones and an embedded Cloud-based digital assistant. The $299-MSRP Command Bar, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. This article is more than 4 years old. The new Polk React ...

Alexa can respond to snoring, coughing, a baby crying or a dog barking. Here's how to set up sound detection, plus why you'd even want to. Dale Smith is a former Associate Writer on the How-To team at ...

What if you could just use a ton of Echo speakers as a surround sound setup for your TV? That’s basically what Amazon is trying to accomplish with its new Alexa Home Theater feature, which was ...

Amazon Alexa uses computing technology to listen to your commands and respond accordingly. But, soon enough, Amazon’s assistant will actually sound like a human. In a blog post on Tuesday, Amazon said ...

Alexa Guard is one awesome way to put the far-field mics of your Echo device to good use, but did you know about Alexa’s handy Sound Detection ability? Currently still in its testing stages, Alexa’s ...

Alexa may start sounding a bit less robotic. In a bid to make Alexa interactions sound more natural, Amazon has given it the ability to respond with either an excited or a disappointed tone-- for ...