Sonos launched a new voice control feature for its lineup of smart speakers. The music assistant lets you control playback with hands-free voice commands. It's also designed with privacy in mind, so ...

There are so many ways to build your own voice assistant, but the Home Assistant, Piper, and Whisper pipeline is one of the ...

Sick of waiting for Amazon to release a new Alexa that’s “supercharged” by generative AI? If you’re willing to go the DIY way, you can start controlling your smart home devices with an LLM-powered ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Home Assistant is getting a new voice assistant that takes on the “basics” of smart home control. It will be ...

This week OpenAI held its DevDay 2024 revealing a wealth of new updates aimed at enhancing developer capabilities. The key announcements include a realtime API for voice interactions, a vision ...

For many people, an automated smart home is about little things that add up to big conveniences over time. Lights turning on when you pull into the driveway, a downstairs thermostat adjustable from ...

The past few months in the tech world have been a whirlwind. One minute we’re amazed but not so impressed by Dall-E’s low-quality AI-generated images, the next we’re somehow chatting with Bing, our ...

Over the past decade or so, cars have become pretty complicated machines, with often complex user interfaces. Mostly, the industry has added touch to the near-ubiquitous infotainment screen—it makes ...

Have you ever wished your voice assistant could do more than just set alarms or tell you the weather? Imagine having a digital companion that not only understands your requests but also seamlessly ...

Microsoft has introduced voice commands, team collaboration tools, and expanded local data processing for its Microsoft 365 Copilot as the company pushes deeper into enterprise markets. The voice ...