Sharp Home Electronics Company of America has unveiled its first smart countertop microwave ovens featuring Wi-Fi connectivity and certified Works with Alexa compatibility for hands-free operation using voice commands.
Amazon will kick off Prime Day at 12 a.m. Pacific time and 3 a.m. Eastern time on October 13 in 19 countries worldwide, offering its Prime members exclusive access to more than one million deals on toys, electronics, fashion, Amazon devices and products for the home, among other categories.
Newell Brands’ Crockpot continues to innovate the slow-cooking experience to fit and feed consumer lifestyles with the introduction of the Alexa-compatible Crockpot Programmable Slow Cooker.
Amazon is expanding the company’s workforce in Santa Barbara, California, and plans to create 150 additional tech jobs in the city.
With the event this year expanded to 48 hours, Amazon will launch its annual Prime Day at midnight Pacific Time on Monday, July 15.
Qurate Retail Group is rolling out several programs that company officials said build on its history in video, digital and social e-commerce.
Travelers is teaming up with Amazon.com to offer discounted smart home kits as well as insurance and risk management information through what it described as the insurance industry’s first digital storefront, Amazon.com/Travelers.
Sales of smart home devices with voice control, excluding smart speakers, will leap from just 154,000 units in 2018 to 32.3 million in 2025, according to the report “2018 Smart Home Devices with Voice Control” by Strategy Analytics.
iRobot has rolled out its new Roomba i7+ robotic vacuum with clean base automatic dirt disposal, and the Roomba e5 robotic vacuum.
Amazon is expanding its San Diego Tech Hub and plans to create 300 new high tech jobs in fields including software development, machine learning, cloud computing, and digital entertainment.
First Alert has launched the connected Onelink Safe & Sound smoke, fire and carbon monoxide detector with Alexa and Apple Home Kit integration. The alarm also features entertainment and lifestyle features such as connected audio functions.
Amazon is opening interactive Amazon Experience Centers within select Lennar model homes across the U.S. In these Alexa-enabled smart homes, consumers can try out Alexa to control the television, lights, thermostat, shades, and more.
Amazon will expand its Boston Tech Hub and begin looking to fill an additional 2,000 technology jobs in the vicinity across fields including machine learning, speech science, cloud computing and robotics engineering.
Amazon blew past Wall Street estimates in its first quarter, showing a strong surge in sales and earnings.
In a letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com CEO, detailed highlights of the 2017 fiscal year, and revealed that the company has exceeded 100 million paid Prime memberships worldwide just 13 years after the program’s launch.
According to a report in GeekWire, Amazon.com has acquired Ring, which makes video cameras, Internet-connected doorbells and other smart home devices.
Lamps Plus has implemented Linc Global’s artificial intelligence-powered platform to offer shoppers instant tracking for orders via voice digital channels.
A survey from IFTTT, which provides software that facilitates the use of services, indicated that 58% of consumers in the U.S. change their shopping preferences during the holiday season, with the majority shifting to shop online more toward the end of the year.
Kohl’s has debuted the new Amazon Smart Home Experience concept in 10 select Kohl’s stores across the Los Angeles and Chicago areas.
Amazon is introducing a new generation of Alexa voice-controlled Echo devices, including a premium model with additional smart home capabilities.