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 ...

As voice assistants grow more conversational with new AI upgrades like Alexa Plus and the eventual Siri update, it's a great ...

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

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

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

After an evaluation, the companies are finalizing a deal that would have Apple pay about $1 billion a year for access to Google's technology, the report said.

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 ...

Reportedly, Apple is allowing iPhone users in Japan to remap the side button to third-party voice assistants like Google ...