The move happened only about a month before Verizon’s announcement this week of a new “Number Share – Home” feature that allows Verizon users to link their mobile numbers to Alexa for $5 a month.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among features of the subscription Alexa, expected in October, are recipe suggestions based on your family’s dietary restrictions ...

We’ve long been fans of Alexa’s ability to listen for suspicious sounds, like smoke alarms and breaking glass, for free, but Amazon is now warning that the “free” part is going away. In an email to ...

Amazon’s Alexa Plus is now available in the US. This next-generation AI assistant is claimed to be smarter, more conversational, and more personalized. Prime customers get free unlimited access to the ...

Consumers who own an Alexa device and use Verizon as their wireless provider now have the option of paying an additional fee to utilize a convenient feature called Number Share – Home. With this ...

Amazon is paywalling more formerly free features on its smart home devices. Several months after it moved some basic Ring alarm system features behind a subscription plan, Amazon is doing something ...

T-Mobile has made it possible for its customers to make and receive calls through Alexa. The feature arrives as a new T-Mobile Alexa Skill that links your number to your Alexa account. Hands-free ...

Would you pay for a less dimwitted digital assistant? Amazon is about to find out. The Washington Post’s Caroline O’Donovan reported that Amazon is planning to sell a paid subscription for an ...