The Echo Dot Max is one of Amazon’s most robust and best-sounding smart speakers yet, though plenty of folks will be served just as well by cheaper options.

Amazon Alexa is already a solid smart assistant, but a few clever tweaks and lesser-known features can take your experience to the next level. Here's how to make the most of it.

Update, October 29 2025, 12:37PM ET: This review was updated after Amazon clarified how the tap controls for play/pause are ...

The 2025 Echo Studio is a more attractive, fully capable smart speaker that sounds even a bit better than the original Studio ...

Spooky Halloween Sounds will play a continuous loop of unsettling noises until you tell Alexa to stop. Just say, "Alexa, start Spooky Halloween Sounds" to get started. Spooky Sounds plays 50 minutes ...

A fifteen-year veteran of Amazon’s devices division who had a hand in developing many of the most recognizable gadgets is ...

Alexa can prompt you to water plants, check the mailbox, or even take the laundry out when you enter the relevant room.

The Dot Max is Amazon’s best all-around smart speaker. It’s pricier than the $50 Dot, but it offers far better sound, more power, and more smart home capabilities. If you are hanging on to a ...

When Amazon recruited longtime Microsoft product chief Panos Panay in 2023 to run its devices division, his new colleagues thought the e-commerce giant was preparing to take its consumer gadget line ...

Amazon has launched the Fire TV Stick 4K Select in India, thereby expanding its range of streaming devices in the country. The new model, priced at Rs. 5,499, is designed to offer 4K streaming and ...

The voice actor behind Amazon's Alexa has explained what happened when she tries to speak with the virtual assistant ...