Alexa often asks me, unprompted, if I’d like it to give me a heads-up when snow is forecasted. It’s an unexpectedly proactive gesture. Except here in the San Francisco Bay Area, snow is never in the ...

“Hey Google, Arbab!” I utter these lines to Google Assistant, which automatically takes me to my Twitter DMs with my friend Arbab. That chain of actions happens because I customized one such shortcut ...

Google’s voice assistant is better than Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri at understanding medication names when asked by users, but Alexa and Siri are closing the gap, according to a May 19 study ...

We surveyed our readers about their favorite smart home devices, including which smart assistants they use and love.

Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most ...

Apple Inc. is close to finalising a deal with Alphabet Inc.’s Google to use its powerful 1.2 trillion parameter Gemini AI ...

Apple is reportedly preparing to use Google's powerful 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini AI model to upgrade Siri, as its own AI systems are not ready yet. The agreement, expected to cost Apple nearly USD ...

Apple reportedly plans to use a 1.2 trillion-parameter AI model from Google to help power a revamp of its Siri voice ...

Apple is said to be preparing to power the next version of its Siri voice assistant with Google's Gemini. Bloomberg reports ...

Apple and Amazon simply won’t be able to compete with Google’s virtual assistant over the next few years. Apple’s Siri virtual assistant is the best-known out there. Amazon dominates the home ...

Google Gemini is set to dominate the automotive landscape as the chatbot of choice, with all Polestar EVs set to adopt it ...