One of the more useful features of Amazon's Alexa voice assistant is the ability to create custom recordings and use them as announcements for your entire network of Alexa-enabled connected speakers. Now, Sonos is getting the feature, too: announceme…

from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2noKCPJ
via IFTTT

After Milo Yiannopoulos got banned from Twitter, he and his followers moved to Gab, a social network priding itself on free speech that has become popular with conservatives and the alt-right. But it appears the platform's hosting provider Microsoft…

from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2vxe0Yz
via IFTTT

Samsung wasn't holding back at its Unpacked event. The centerpiece was clearly the Galaxy Note 9, but it had a veritable onslaught of announcements beyond that. The Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Home smart speaker and a two-device wireless charger were on…

from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2vU80si
via IFTTT

Amazon is giving more automakers access to the tools needed to integrate Alexa into their vehicles' infotainment systems. The company released its Alexa Auto software development kit today, making the tools accessible to all developers via GitHub. In…

from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2Opb0V9
via IFTTT

Facebook has been culling various features that take it away from its new "back to basics" emphasis on people over brands. It ended its Explore Feed test after it found that not many people liked splitting their news feed. Now the company is getting…

from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2vz3bFn
via IFTTT

After more than a year of rumors and vague comments from Samsung leadership, the Galaxy Home, Samsung's Bixby-powered smart speaker, is finally official. Sort of. Samsung briefly showed off the device at today's Galaxy Note 9 launch event in Brooklyn…

from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2noIzLG
via IFTTT

It seems like almost everything is getting ported to the Nintendo Switch. Next up are a pair of Ubisoft's internal UbiArt "indie" games, Child of Light and Valiant Hearts: The Great War. Like Kotaku notes, they're a bit older at this point having bee…

from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2nrvYYa
via IFTTT

This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, it may earn affiliate commissions that support its work. Read their continuously updated list of deals here.

from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2MxMsch
via IFTTT