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Announced at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019 in Las Vegas, Amazon Alexa will be integrated into BMW automobiles. With Amazon Alexa Built-In, users can benefit from effortless access to Amazon’s voice service in their BMW. More than 70,000 skills are currently available for Alexa, including the ability to control your Smart Home while on the road, access to Amazon Music, and more. You can also find out about the weather, play your favorite song, or add appointments to your calendar.
With the right network router, you can ask Amazon's Alexa to investigate and block unfamiliar devices from your network, all through voice commands. McAfee announced the development of a new Alexa Skill, which lets you check on the security of your network and router without having to open an app. Through Alexa, you’ll be able to set a time limit on your kid’s iPad, or scan for botnet attacks or vulnerable devices.
Users on the Google Product Forums have reported that some problems with some of Google’s smart devices. It appears that these devices are crashing certain Wi-Fi networks. While the original complaints were limited to Google Home Max users, it has been reported that similar issues have been found to affect users of other Google products including Chromecast. 9to5 Google has reported that the company has now implemented a fix that should solve this problem across all affected devices.
There was a time when the Amazon Echo was the only smart speaker on the block, but times are changing as Google Home and Apple's Homepod give Amazon Echo a good bit of healthy competition. As far as price points go Amazon may still be winning in the minds of frugal consumers. Apples Homepod which will be available later this year comes with a price tag of $349 a pop which Apple says is justified based on the extra bells and whistles that will make this speaker stand out above the rest. Features of all the Smart Speaker options include, streaming music directly from your phone or tablet, and popular online music services as well as having a smart assistant built-in to the products.
Google is looking to give other AI competitors like Apples Siri and Amazons Alexa a run for their money with the introduction of Goggle Assistant. The Google Assistant, allows users to perform tasks such as control smart home devices, make appointments in your calendar events, and of course the tradition online searches by asking questions. Googles device boast the ability of allowing users to interact with the software without having to use a phone keyboard or other physical input.
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