If you’re leery about chatting with Alexa late at night because her blaring replies might wake the whole house, you can turn on a setting that’ll lower Alexa’s voice to a whisper. Once you switch on ...

She’s one of the world’s most popular virtual assistants, her robotic voice reverberating through millions of homes every day. But while the voice-controlled helper Alexa is more often than not a ...

Picture this: it's late at night, and you need to ask Alexa a question. You speak softly, trying not to disturb anyone, but Alexa's response comes blaring out at full volume, startling you and waking ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In October 2018, months after a brief reveal, Amazon brought Whisper Mode ...

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Amazon’s Echo speakers, and the Alexa assistant, are incredibly useful and pretty darn invasive. On the practical side, it can function as a security alarm with a device you already own. Neat. Here’s ...

If you find yourself screaming at Alexa over the barking dog, the squealing children or the ridiculous volume at which your father insists on listening to the TV, Alexa is up to the challenge.

If you’re one of the 60 million or so Americans who own a smart speaker – yes, that’s about 1 in 4 adults – you already know the basics of these trendy hands-free gadgets. Enable the speaker with its ...