Voice Control

  • BBC Alexa skill update brings ‘resume’ feature to BBC Sounds app

    BBC Alexa skill update brings ‘resume’ feature to BBC Sounds app

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    The update means listeners can now listen to a podcast on their phone using the BBC Sounds app while out and about and then resume it on Alexa once back at house.

  • Hear Ed Sheeran perform a duet with Amazon’s Alexa

    Hear Ed Sheeran perform a duet with Amazon’s Alexa

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    The track is available to stream exclusively on Alexa-enabled devices via through Amazon Music – just ask “Alexa, sing a duet with Ed Sheeran”.

  • Hands On: Amazon Echo Show 5

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    Released earlier this month, the Amazon Echo Show 5 is a 5.5” smart screen and speaker with built-in support for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant.

  • Voice search comes to YouView

    Voice search comes to YouView

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    By installing the YouView skill for Alexa, users can search by programme name and actor / star by using phrases such as ‘Alexa, search for shows with Prue Leith’ or ‘Alexa, search for EastEnders’.

  • netgem.tv announces enhanced voice control for set top boxes

    netgem.tv announces enhanced voice control for set top boxes

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    The move means users can now issue commands such as “Alexa, go to BBC One” rather than the longer “Alexa, open netgem.tv, go to BBC One” form they currently use.

  • Amazon updates Echo Show smart screen

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    As well as letting users control their smart home devices via Amazon’s Alexa assistant, the Echo Show 5 can be used to listen to songs from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and Pandora, view news clips and watch ‘how-to videos’ through a partnership with wikiHow.