Amazon’s Prime Day has returned for its fall edition, and the Amazon Alexa-powered devices are already on sale. But are the sales actually any good? There’s already the question of whether you want Alexa in your house, and now it’s a question of whether the sales are more of a mind game than a real
Sonos has a new app. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The smart speaker company, long a darling of the audio industry, undid much of the goodwill it earned with its multiroom speakers through a bevy of software updates that broke its app in 2024. Almost all app users hated it, citing the
Gemini sounds impressively human and offers responses that approximate an interaction with another person. Sometimes the answers get a little long, so be prepared for that. But Google Gemini is nonetheless a little smarter than other assistants in its cohort; He is able to answer questions about my own schedule and knows to consult with
