Echo Tips

We'll be tackling 10 commands again, in under 10 minutes! We have soem updates about Alexa Plus as well.

We tackle 10 commands in less than 10 minutes! We're talking like Pirates, learning new recipes, checking the pollen count, and a whole lot more!

We've got a simple one for you this week, but its honestly my favorite upgrade!

In this episode we revisit one of our most popular episodes of all-time dealing with the NFB Newsline Skill.

The internet is a buzz, with Amazon announcing the deprecation of a defunct little used feature on a few modern devices. This feature enabled your voice commands be to be transcribed locally and then sent as a text request to Amazon Servers, verse the default historical method of sending a voice clip of your command.

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Daily Tech News Show - Briefing 4977

https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/03/17/3d-print-any-rc-robot-toy-you-want-dtnsb-4977/

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In this episode we delve back into our archives, to revisit how to adjust the playback speed of an Audible audiobook!

In this exciting episode, wee're diving deep into a review of the recent Amazon event that took place on February 26th. The star of the show? Alexa Plus, a newer, smarter AI version of Alexa that's set to become a big part of our lives very soon. We have a brief synopsis put together by the great folks over at DTNS which we are thrilled to share with you. We've also spent some time reflecting on how this new Alexa Plus might fit into our lives - imagine it as the friendly AI that everyone in the family can appreciate, kind of like a happy meal for AI services. Now, how cool does that sound? We even have a recently released ad from Amazon focusing on the wonderful new Alexa Plus. This episode is packed with tons of insights, so stay tuned!

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Daily Tech News Show - Briefing 4964

https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/02/26/alexa-plus-may-actually-be-a-plus-dtnsb-4964/

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YouTube Ad for Alexa Plus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeHX99wycug

In this episode we break down the news from Amazon's Alexa Event on February 26th 2025. And a closer look at the documentation after the event revealed a lot of hidden nuggets.

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In this episode we cover the three core advances AI should bring to Alexa; namely better processing of our speech, improved natural responses, and agentic capabilities.

In this episode we review a recent press release about an event dealing with devices for the Amazon Echo line-up, here late in February.

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DTNS Briefing 4950

https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/02/05/why-dtns-doesnt-cover-the-doge-dtnsb-4950/DTNS- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

PC World

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2599695/is-the-new-ai-powered-alexa-almost-here-6-things-to-know.html

Thurrott.com -Panos Panay ⁠

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