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Amazon Now rebranded to Prime Now in India; Express 2-hour delivery available for Prime members

Amazon India today announced that it is expanding its ultra-fast delivery on Amazon Now app and re-branding it to Prime Now. With Prime Now, Amazon is offering exclusive Express 2-hour delivery to Prime members anytime between 6 am to midnight. Including the express delivery, same-day and next-day delivery will remain available for all customers, in convenient 2-hour slots from 6 am to 12 midnight. Continue reading “Amazon Now rebranded to Prime Now in India; Express 2-hour delivery available for Prime members”

Amazon Alexa in India lets you set music alarms from Amazon Prime Music, Saavn and radio stations with TuneIn

Amazon_AlexaAmazon’s Alexa in India has gained music alarms, and this feature will enable users to set their favorite music as alarm tones to wake up to your favorite songs. With the new capabilities, you can set up alarms to play songs from Amazon Prime Music, Saavn or radio stations with TuneIn. Continue reading “Amazon Alexa in India lets you set music alarms from Amazon Prime Music, Saavn and radio stations with TuneIn”

Amazon explains why Echo recorded a conversation and sent it to a random contact

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Amazon Alexa digital assistant is part of the Echo devices that Amazon ships out. The job of Alexa is to answer questions when asked and respond to commands among many others. In what can be seen as the most embarrassing moment, according to an Oregon family who claims that their Amazon Echo has recorded a conversation and then sent it to a random person on their contact list. Continue reading “Amazon explains why Echo recorded a conversation and sent it to a random contact”

Airtel, Amazon team-up to offer 4G smartphones at an effective starting price of Rs. 3399

Airtel and Amazon India today announced that they are partnering to jointly drive smartphone adoption across the country. Both the companies will now launch 4G smartphones at an affordable price for a wide range of smartphone starting at Rs. 3,999.  Continue reading “Airtel, Amazon team-up to offer 4G smartphones at an effective starting price of Rs. 3399”

Amazon Alexa can now be used as default Assistant on Android

Android OS is known for its openness and freedom of choice, and today this freedom is going a step further as users can now set Amazon’s Alexa as default assistant even over the Google Assistant following Microsoft’s route where it bought in the ability to set Cortana as default assistant last year. Continue reading “Amazon Alexa can now be used as default Assistant on Android”

Amazon said to be working on building ‘Home Robots’

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Amazon is said to be working on building ‘Home Robots’ and is reported to have bigger plans for a domestic robot according to people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The project currently has a codename “Vesta,” and is overseen by Gregg Zehr, who runs Amazon’s Lab126 hardware research and development division based in Sunnyvale, California. Continue reading “Amazon said to be working on building ‘Home Robots’”

Amazon now lets anyone create personalised Alexa skills and responses

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Amazon today introduced Alexa Skill Blueprints which is a new way to create your own personalized skills and responses for Alexa. Users can now take advantage of the easy-to-use templates to create customized experiences for Alexa within minutes just by filling in the blanks. Continue reading “Amazon now lets anyone create personalised Alexa skills and responses”

Amazon ‘Internet’ lite browser for Android released

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Amazon has silently has launched lite Android web browser – Internet: fast, lite and private. The main aim of launching this lightweight browser is to offer a medium where access to mobile data and high-speed connectivity is limited if not poor. Continue reading “Amazon ‘Internet’ lite browser for Android released”

Amazon said to be planning to acquire Flipkart

According to a latest report, Amazon is planning to submit a rival offer to buy India’s largest e-commerce firm Flipkart who are in advance talks with Walmart Inc. for selling a majority stake. The company is said to be in early exploratory talks to buy Flipkart even as Flipkart closes in on sale to Walmart. Continue reading “Amazon said to be planning to acquire Flipkart”

Leica Sofort, D-Lux and V-Lux cameras launched in India on Amazon starting at Rs. 25000

Amazon India is partnering Leica Camera and will launch the camera in India exclusively on Amazon.in. This will also help customers across the country get access to Leica’s cutting-edge technology cameras on Amazon.in. Continue reading “Leica Sofort, D-Lux and V-Lux cameras launched in India on Amazon starting at Rs. 25000”

Alexa’s new Follow-Up mode can now handle back-to-back requests

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Alexa has a habit of making users say, Alexa, over-and-over for every back-to-back request. However, those days are now gone as Amazon has introduced a new follow-up mode that can now handle back-to-back requests which is aimed at making conversations feel more natural. Continue reading “Alexa’s new Follow-Up mode can now handle back-to-back requests”

Amazon Echo devices now available without an invite online and across offline stores in India starting at Rs. 4499

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Amazon Echo products including Echo Dot, Echo, and Echo Plus were so far available through invite only. Today the company announced that is available to all for purchase by all customers through Amazon.in and 350 retail outlets such as Croma, Reliance, Vijay Sales, Crossword and more in 20 cities across India. Continue reading “Amazon Echo devices now available without an invite online and across offline stores in India starting at Rs. 4499”

Amazon said to be working on custom AI chips for Alexa

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Following the route of Google and Apple, Amazon is said to be working on custom AI chips for Alexa that would power future Echo devices aimed at improving the quality and response time of its Alexa voice assistant. According to a report from The Information, the move closely follows Google and Apple both of which already have their own custom AI hardware. Continue reading “Amazon said to be working on custom AI chips for Alexa”

PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat now available on Alexa

Amazon Alexa picks up a new skill. It can now play ‘Mann Ki Baat’ Indian radio programme hosted by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is developed by the Asian News International (ANI), India’s premier multimedia news agency.  Continue reading “PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat now available on Alexa”

Alexa app update brings Alexa voice integration to all Android phones

Amazon_AlexaHuawei Mate 9 was the first phone to come integrated with Amazon’s virtual assistant; Alexa voice support. There are very few phones on the market that support. Installing the Alexa app wouldn’t bring the Google Assistant type support, rather it was just limited to controlling Echo devices. Now Amazon says that it is rolling out Alexa app update bringing Alexa voice integration on all phones. Continue reading “Alexa app update brings Alexa voice integration to all Android phones”