When Amazon first unveiled the Echo, its smart speaker with the Alexa virtual assistant, most people didn’t know what to do or expect from the thing. And not surprisingly: Amazon had given no hints or ...

The Amazon Echo is a $180 speaker that serves as a portal into the wonderful world of Amazon’s virtual personal assistant, Alexa. The Amazon Tap is a $130 speaker that serves as a portal into the ...

Amazon wants to make it easier to add its voice-controlled assistant, Alexa, to any room in the home by offering a pair of new, smaller versions of Amazon Echo, the original tabletop Bluetooth speaker ...

After more than a year of flying under the radar by tech standards, Amazon's Alexa voice-controlled assistant platform is looking to become more mainstream, and one of its first moves to that end is ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

Alexa, aka the Amazon Echo, is coming to two new members of the product line. The Amazon Tap is a portable version of the Echo to allow taking Alexa everywhere. The Echo Dot is a small device designed ...

When talking about the best smart speakers around, most people juggle between the Amazon Echo and Google Home. You would think that the competition would be a little less brutal for the smart home ...

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. The Amazon Tap is a ...

That was my wife’s reaction when she saw that a third Amazon Alexa device had infiltrated our household. It’s understandable. First, tall, slender Echo. Then short, squat Dot. Now diminutive, ...

Amazon’s voice-operated command center Echo produces something close to modern-day magic within our homes: Get the latest news, order a pizza, turn off the lights or find out who killed Bruce Wayne’s ...

The good: Amazon’s Alexa voice interface can now work in new places The bad: Tap is missing what makes Alexa magic Who should buy it: People looking for a Bluetooth speaker with a twist The Amazon ...

Up to now, the portable Bluetooth and WiFi-enabled $129.99 Amazon Tap speaker has required you to press a microphone button to summon Amazon’s popular digital assistant Alexa. By contrast, with Amazon ...