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You get a streaming service! You get a streaming service! And you get a streaming service! Variety is reporting on Thursday that Amazon is launching a brand new ad-support video-on-demand service called “Freedive”. Unlike some services though, this one’s free (thanks to the ads!) to stream. The content is from the international movie database, or IMDb, which Amazon owns. There are over 130 movies available to watch, and 29 different TV shows to chose from. It’s only available in the United States to start. As far as TV shows are concerned, you’ll be able to choose from episodes of Heroes , Fringe , Gilligan’s Island , The Bachelor , and many others. Freedive’s movie collection includes titles like Memento , Drive , Foxcatcher , Run Lola Run , and others. “Titles licensed for Freedive come from studios and networks including CBS, NBCUniversal Television, Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia Pictures, Newmarket Films, Warner Bros. Televisi...

If you want to get a digital personal assistant in your car, there are ways. And Amazon’s aftermarket option has apparently proven very popular. In 2018, Amazon announced a variety of different Alexa-enabled devices , including a microwave. At the time we also heard about Echo Auto, which is an aftermarket, wired accessory that goes in your car and gives you access to the wide range of Alexa skills and features. At the time, Amazon opened preorders for the device, but those were invite-only, which definitely limited the number of people who could preorder the accessory. However, according to TechCrunch confirming as much with Amazon, that hasn’t stopped over a million people from ordering the device. The Echo Auto is still technically up for preorder, but you still need an invite, so it stands to reason that even more people out there who didn’t get the chance to order the accessory want to — and once they can, will do so. “Apparently, the Echo Auto was i...

Amazon’s Alexa might have started off as a pipe dream, hoping to compete with Apple’s Siri and Google’s own efforts (which is now known as Assistant). But the digital personal assistant from Amazon has turned into one of the most popular options out there. As was reported on Friday by The Verge , Amazon has confirmed that the company has sold 100 million Alexa-enabled devices out there in the wild. That doesn’t just mean Echo-branded smart speakers, but rather includes all the devices out there that are Alexa-enabled. Still, even if that does broaden the available devices, it’s still an impressive milestone for Amazon. The holiday seasons have helped in the past, especially with deals all over the place to reduce the cost for the devices where Alexa can be found. Indeed, Echo devices like the Echo Dot were apparently flying off the shelves, and Amazon saw a huge boost from the holiday sales according to Amazon’s Senior Vice President of Devices and Se...

Just a few days ago we heard that Amazon was planning on launching a slate of new Alexa-enabled devices, which could include a microwave. The rumors at the time pointed Amazon announcing the devices soon, and launching each before the end of the year. And sure enough here we are with a plethora of new devices with access to Amazon’s own digital personal assistant, Alexa, on board. We have a new Echo Dot, a new Echo Plus, the company’s attempt at rounding out its home audio options, and even unveiling a brand new microwave. Amazon held its own live blog of sorts of the event. The company announced the most device it has during one event, and there is quite a few to get through. So, let’s get right into it: Echo Dot and Echo Plus First up is a more polished and updated Echo Dot. This new device features a puck-like design, and Amazon is actually reducing the number of microphones available in the device. This time around there are only four microphones, rather than seve...

Amazon’s digital personal assistant, Alexa, is all over the place. And according to a new report, it’s going to keep spreading. According to a report from CNBC , Amazon is working on a variety of different devices that it plans on bringing to market, all of which will feature Alexa in some fashion or another. These Alexa-enabled devices will allow users to quickly talk to the digital personal assistant, with some of the devices having Alexa built right into the hardware. As for what’s coming? Amazon is working on an amplifier, a subwoofer, a receiver, and what is being billed as an “in-car gadget”. Oh, and a microwave. That’s right, we will soon have an Alexa-enabled microwave. Unfortunately, other than hearing that Amazon will unveil some of these devices, not all, at an event later this month, there’s no word on a specific launch date. So Amazon could introduce an Alexa-enabled microwave before the end of the month, which basically mean we...