The Vergecast

Amazon and Microsoft's AI parades

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Amazon's fall product launch event and Microsoft's Surface and AI event.

Further reading:

  • Amazon’s fall 2023 product launch event: live news, announcements, and more
  • Amazon is set to supercharge Alexa with generative AI 
  • The Fire TV should be at the heart of Amazon's smart home 
  • The new $269.99 Echo Frames look a whole lot more like glasses. 
  • Alexa Eye Gaze offers a new way to control Alexa on a Fire tablet 
  • In the new Echo Show 8, Alexa will be 40 percent faster. 
  • Finally some hardware...for kids.
  • YouTube is going all in on AI with background and video topic suggestions
  • YouTube made a video editing app — just like TikTok 
  • Microsoft Surface event: the 6 biggest announcements 
  • Microsoft’s new Xbox controller borrows great ideas from Stadia, Steam, and Sony
  • This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a lift-to-wake controller
  • Microsoft’s next Xbox, coming 2028, envisions hybrid computing
  • Microsoft addresses the huge Xbox leaks: here’s Phil Spencer’s full memo
  • Microsoft’s Phil Spencer says acquiring Nintendo would be ‘a career moment’ 
  • Microsoft announces the Surface Laptop Studio 2 with upgraded chips and ports
  • A first look at Microsoft’s upgraded Surface Laptop Studio 2 
  • Microsoft announces the new Surface Laptop Go 3
  • Hands-on with the Surface Laptop Go 3 
  • The Surface Go 4 comes with a much-needed performance boost 
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot launches in November
  • Windows 11’s next big update arrives on September 26th with Copilot, RAR support, and more
  • Microsoft announces Surface Hub 3 with portrait mode 
  • The cable bundle of the future is officially here
  • Google’s Bard chatbot can now find answers in your Gmail, Docs, Drive
  • The Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessible


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