Oculus today announced that it’s rolling out a small but welcomed change to Quest’s voice commands feature: the ability to activate it with a wake phrase—”Hey Facebook.” Quest got voice commands last ...

The digital landscape has transformed dramatically since Apple introduced Siri in 2010, followed closely by the 2011 debut of Google Voice Search and the 2014 introduction of Amazon’s Alexa. More than ...

Four years ago, a voice-activated robot seemed a far-fetched idea straight out of a sci-fi novel or Jetsons episode. Then Amazon’s Echo made its debut, and that all changed. Since then, voice search ...

Target and Google have partnered to issue a voice-activated coupon, a $15 offer for orders placed on Google Express via the Google Assistant platform. The offer was a pilot to raise consumer awareness ...

PayPal is adding an integration with Siri to let its users conduct peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions with a simple voice command, the financial services company announced Thursday. Apple's iPhone and ...

Sometimes a word can be so hard to spell that any attempts are too garbled for autocorrect to offer helpful suggestions. Whenever I find myself struggling to spell a word, I double-tap the Command key ...

There's a new Snapchat feature that'll give you an instant virtual makeover. You can easily use a voice command to unlock filters that'll make your hair pink or ...

Honeywell has been playing catch-up in the smart thermostat game of late. Their $249 Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat is extremely capable, but came on the heels of the $249 Nest Learning Thermostat; a slightly ...

Voice-activated betting simplifies placing bets through AI and NLP sportsbook applications. Read more in our article.

When Round Rock Independent School District Police Chief Dennis Weiner was looking for a tool to provide to some of the most vulnerable students and citizens in his Texas community, he was lucky to ...

"Belay that order!" That, in so many words, is the familiar cry of a misunderstood smart device command in 2019. But those troubles could be coming to an end thanks to a new generation of small, ...

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