All items tagged with voice assistants (133)
Amazon Launches All-New Echo Spot Smart Alarm Devices
July 15, 2024 by Joao Martins

Amazon Launches All-New Echo Spot Smart Alarm Devices

Amazon announced the new Echo Spot as the latest addition to its lineup of Alexa-enabled devices. With no smart speakers announced in 2024 until now, the Amazon Echo series seems to be reduced to bedside table accessories. The new Echo Spot range is intended as an Alexa-enabled smart alarm clock, and its compact colorful display makes it easy to see the time, weather, and song titles from the nightstand. It's new, but Amazon Prime members can get it for more than 40% off.
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On-Device Intelligence: Apple Makes AI Make Sense
June 13, 2024 by Joao Martins

On-Device Intelligence: Apple Makes AI Make Sense

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 keynote unveiled Apple Intelligence and was another historic moment for the Cupertino company. Apple Intelligence will be implemented in this year's and future devices, and will arrive with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11 updates. Everywhere in the demonstrations of the new features, we could see clear signs of artificial intelligence doing its thing in the background. A true milestone in the history of computing and consumer technology - when AI started to make sense.
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SoundHound AI and Perplexity Partner to Enable Large Language Models in Next-Generation Voice Assistants
May 9, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

SoundHound AI and Perplexity Partner to Enable Large Language Models in Next-Generation Voice Assistants

SoundHound AI, a pioneer in voice artificial intelligence, announced that it has partnered with Perplexity, the conversational AI-powered answer engine. Together the two companies plan to bring Perplexity’s online Large Language Models (LLM) capabilities to SoundHound Chat AI – a new generation of voice assistant that utilizes hundreds of real-time domains, as well as generative AI responses.
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Apple Introduces Beats Solo Buds and Launches Beats Solo 4
May 1, 2024 by Joao Martins

Apple Introduces Beats Solo Buds and Launches Beats Solo 4

Beats launched the next generation of its bestselling on-ear headphones, Beats Solo 4, as the brand also announced the expansion of the Solo family with the all-new Beats Solo Buds true wireless stereo earbuds. Both models explore all the latest technology, with USB-C connectors to allow fast charging, extended battery life. Keeping up with Apple's tradition, both models are Bluetooth Class 1 designs, updated with the latest features, custom designed drivers and acoustic design.
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XMOS and DSP Concepts Partner to Accelerate Audio and Voice DSP Applications
March 25, 2024 by Joao Martins

XMOS and DSP Concepts Partner to Accelerate Audio and Voice DSP Applications

XMOS has announced a partnership with DSP Concepts, the company behind Audio Weaver. The UK AI and semiconductor experts have partnered with the Californian embedded audio software specialists to combine XMOS' highly-deterministic, low latency xcore.ai platform with DSP Concepts' Audio Weaver software. The combined solution enables developers to graphically design and debug audio and voice solutions utilizing multicores easily from one single canvas.
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SoundHound On-Chip Voice AI Enabled by NVIDIA DRIVE
March 19, 2024 by Joao Martins

SoundHound On-Chip Voice AI Enabled by NVIDIA DRIVE

SoundHound AI is evolving its approach with voice artificial intelligence (Voice AI) and announced a completely new implementation of an in-vehicle voice assistant that uses a large language model (LLM) completely on the edge, running on the NVIDIA DRIVE platform. The solution combines SoundHound Chat AI running completely on-device and delivers Generative AI with no connectivity required for speech-to-meaning voice interactions.
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BdSound Introduces Microphone Bubbles In-Car Voice Experiences
November 10, 2023 by Joao Martins

BdSound Introduces Microphone Bubbles In-Car Voice Experiences

Enjoying a deserved recognition in the automotive market, and successful collaborations with 15 world-renowned OEMs, Italian company BdSound introduced a new advanced feature to improve the car experience even more. Expanding its Simply Sounds Clear set of technologies and algorithms, BdSound now offers Microphone Bubbles, a way to isolate each passenger’s voice inside the vehicle, allowing calls and voice recognition for all occupants in a car.
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BdSound and Vivoka Join Forces to Boost the World of Voice Assistants
October 24, 2023 by Joao Martins

BdSound and Vivoka Join Forces to Boost the World of Voice Assistants

BdSound and Vivoka, two European pioneers in voice technology, announced a strategic partnership to reshape the landscape of voice assistants. Through this collaboration, BdSound will leverage Vivoka's development framework allowing users to high-level construct tailored voice assistants. And BdSound's audio and speech processing technology will become an integral part of the acoustic front-end tools offered by Vivoka, promising to make voice assistants more accessible and customizable than ever before.
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Amazon Unveils Next Generation Echo Show 8, All-New Echo Hub, and New Echo Frames
September 21, 2023 by Joao Martins

Amazon Unveils Next Generation Echo Show 8, All-New Echo Hub, and New Echo Frames

Remember smart speakers? Apparently Amazon doesn't want to. At that time of the year when traditionally Amazon would introduce the latest models of its Echo smart speakers, this year the company only announced a new smart display, the next generation Echo Show 8 with an upgraded processor, spatial audio, and a built-in smart home hub. And for those who don't even want the speaker, Amazon introduced a new Echo Hub, a smart home control panel. Amazon did expand on the audio glasses category, with two ugly frames that are said to have a long-lasting battery.
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JBL Authentics Wi-Fi Speaker Range - Retro Design Meets Voice Smarts
September 4, 2023 by Joao Martins

JBL Authentics Wi-Fi Speaker Range - Retro Design Meets Voice Smarts

Using the opportunity of IFA week, JBL introduced the new JBL Authentics speaker series, expanding on the retro design of the classic JBL L100 speaker and foam grills. Following previous "retro" models introduced by Harman's luxury division, the JBL Authentics bring the concept to the affordable level of home audio with three compact active speakers, integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth streaming, and simultaneous support for Alexa and Google voice assistants.
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