Amazon’s Alexa assistant can do a lot. It can play music, answer questions, call a cab, and help manage your calendar. Starting Friday, it can also send out text messages for AT&T mobile customers.

Riding my bike Saturday afternoon, I spotted a poster for the upcoming Ballard Makers Market & Bar Hop — the kind of event I knew my family might enjoy. I pulled over and took a photo. Normally, that ...

Kindle Scribe owners can ask Alexa to turn documents into summaries, tasks, and reminders. Kindle Scribe owners can ask Alexa to turn documents into summaries, tasks, and reminders. I spent about a ...

You can also ask Alexa ridiculous questions.

Amazon’s new Alexa.com portal brings the AI-powered Alexa+ assistant to the desktop browser. Amazon is quietly rolling out the last big pillar of its AI-powered Alexa+ vision: the Alexa.com website, ...

Amazon doesn’t just want Alexa to know you. It wants her to remember things about you, like a close friend or family member would. That’s the driving philosophy behind the vision for Alexa’s future, ...

You may use your Amazon Echo Dot as your primary interface for Alexa or just a music speaker, but it actually has a lot of ...

We've been testing Echos and Alexa devices for years, up through the Alexa Plus AI. Here are the gadgets that work best with ...

A flyer for the Ballard Makers Market & Bar Hop, spotted on a Seattle street pole — an example of the real-world data I’ve been feeding into Amazon’s Alexa+ assistant. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) ...