… For one, it would put the company in direct competition with smartphone juggernauts Apple and Samsung. It would also mark a return to a market where Amazon has already failed once. Additionally, Amazon’s devices business has been struggling to turn a profit for years. …
… Today, the company announced a bigger update that might take care of some of your smart home woes. Camera feeds will be easier to navigate, and the AI event labeling should be more straightforward. …
… This all adds up to AIs that feel less smart than their cloud brethren, and even big cloud-based models can be pretty dumb sometimes. The amazing, shrinking Gemini Google has versions of Gemini optimized for mobile devices, which it calls Gemini Nano . …
… It runs local AI models for better sound isolation, allowing it to filter out background noise better than past smart speakers. Smart speakers have an annoying tendency to mishear, so the Google Home Speaker could be less frustrating in that way. …
… Agentic concepts Microsoft has shown off two concept devices that illustrate where it hopes to go with Project Solara. The more conventional is the Desk Concept, which looks like a typical smart display. …
… You don’t have to choose between these devices, either. You can keep a Pixel Watch and Fitbit Air paired with your phone and wear whichever one you want over time. This capability will come to more wearable devices in the near future, too. …
… Although, such a feature would be technically challenging to implement, especially among older Roku devices. Overall, Roku’s home screen update seems more geared toward recommending new stuff and using AI, rather than just recent history, to try to guess at what you might want to watch. …
… I’m hopeful that more band options will become available in the future because Google’s options are far too expensive. Unlike the simplistic fitness trackers of the past, the Fitbit Air has most of the sensors you’d find in a high-end smartwatch. …
… The lower specs may benefit a certain type of smartphone buyer. Motorola has a ton of AI features crammed into its current Android software, like every other smartphone OEM, but it’s a bit more restrained on the base model Razr due to the lower RAM. …
… As the OpenAI executive explained, Apple didn’t fully explain how the integration would work when the deal came together, so OpenAI took a “leap of faith” it now appears to regret. “When we heard about this opportunity, it sounded amazing: being able to acquire a giant number of customers and have … …