One in six Americans now own a smart speaker, according to new research out this week from NPR and Edison Research – a figure that’s up 128 percent from January, 2017. Amazon’s Echo speakers ...

I watched it repeatedly get questions wrong. And can we trust it in the places we use smart speakers at home, like children’s bedrooms? Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post ...

With 100 million Matter-enabled Echos and the fourth-gen smart speaker as a Thread border router, it should now be a lot easier to connect all your smart home devices. With 100 million Matter ...

Previously a contributor to Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, and US News. The latest retro-style smart speakers from JBL are the first to house Google’s and Amazon’s voice assistants in one place for ...

I’ve been testing a dozen smart speakers, nine smartphones, four TV dongles and three e-bikes in my Washington Post gadget lab — now also known as my living room. I blew a fuse only once.

Nearly one in five U.S. adults today have access to a smart speaker, according to new research out this week from Voicebot.ai. That means adoption of these voice-powered devices has grown to 47.3 ...