Music

Spotify stays quiet about launch of its voice command ‘Hey Spotify’ on mobile

In 2019, Spotify began testing a hardware device for automobile owners it lovingly dubbed “Car Thing,” which allowed Spotify Premium users to play music and podcasts using voice commands that began with “Hey, Spotify.” Last year, Spotify began developing a similar voice integration into its mobile app. Now, access to the “Hey Spotify” voice feature is rolling out more broadly. Spotify chose not to officially announce the new addition, despite numerous reports indicating the voice option was show...
Tags: Apps, Mobile, Android, iPhone, Music, Smartphones, Spotify, Voice, Voice Assistant

Pandora launches interactive voice ads into beta testing

Pandora is launching interactive voice ads into wider public testing, the company announced this morning. The music streaming service first introduced the new advertising format, where users verbally respond to advertiser prompts, back in December with help from a small set of early adopters, including Doritos, Ashley HomeStores, Unilever, Wendy’s, Turner Broadcasting, Comcast and Nestlé. The ads begin by explaining to listeners what they are and how they work. They then play a short and simple ...
Tags: Mobile, Music, Media, Advertising Tech, Advertising, Tech, Pandora, Streaming Music, Voice, Adtech, Voice Assistant, Wendy, Voice Mode, Voice Ads, Doritos Ashley HomeStores Unilever Wendy, Turner Broadcasting Comcast

Google Assistant has your back for a romantic day this Valentine’s Day

Google have made it simple to tell your Google Assistant to change the vibe and make things romantic on the international day of romance. With your Smart Speaker you can simply ask it to play something appropriate this Valentine’s Day. Save the shuffling around on your phone or computer looking for the right song or playlist and let Google do the work while you get cosy with your loved one. If you have Smart colour changing lights then Google will bring the whole vibe down to a Valentin...
Tags: Google, Music, Relationships, Love, Smart, Fun, Mood, Valentine's Day, Voice Assistant, Valentine, Smart Lights, Smart Speaker, Google Assistant, Google Home, Google Hub

JBL’s colourful, $100 take on AirPods

Apple are getting more competition every day as JBL announce their cheaper alternative to AirPods coming this year. JBL’s new TUNE 220TWS earbuds may have a less catchy name but they’re taking on the market dominated by Apple. A recent report showed that TWS earbuds have dominated the personal audio device market in the past year as AirPods and similar devices outsell wireless headphones and earphones. The small wireless earbuds have a simple smooth design and come in a vibrant range of...
Tags: Apple, Google, Wearables, Music, Technology, New, Earphones, Earbuds, Voice Assistant, Jbl, Amazon Alexa, AirPods, Apple AirPods, TWS, Audio Devices

Use Siri to listen to music on Pandora’s newly dark app

With the launch of iOS 13, Pandora have decided to get in on the phone with some new features for music streaming on Apple devices. Apple launched their new iOS 13 for iPhones and iPads last month. Pandora have updated their music streaming app to enhance what they can do on the new software. Pandora are letting listeners see the app “in a whole new light” with Dark Mode. This new colour scheme lets you switch to a darker theme that’s great for browsing in the evening and gentler on the...
Tags: Iphone, Apple, Ipad, Music, Siri, Update, Pandora, Music Streaming, Carplay, Application, Voice Assistant, Digital Music News, Dark Theme, Dark Mode, Ios 13

BBC Creating a Virtual Voice Assistant to Compete with Alexa, Siri and OK Google

It has been reported that the BBC are working on a voice assistant in the same style as Siri, Alexa or Google. “It would be your trusted guide to information, education and entertainment,” says an unnamed source on the plans. “That’s what these assistants are becoming – Siri or Alexa or Google.” I always find it hard to believe that the BBC would have the expertise to create such a product at the same level as Apple, Google and Amazon, who all have both the expertise and the deep pockets...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Music, Siri, Bbc, Ok Google, Alexa, Assistant, Voice Assistant, Digital Music News

Facebook are working on their own voice-powered AI

It was only a matter of time before Facebook joined the trend with their own artificial intelligence voice assistant. Facebook want to start talking back to their 2.3 billion users around the world by developing their own virtual assistant. Mark Zuckerberg has been interested in AI for a while, pledging to build on the ‘Jarvis’ AI back in 2016. Now he’s looking to take on Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri directly with the development of Facebook’s own voice-controlled AI. Reported first ...
Tags: Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Music, Siri, Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Ai, Voice Control, Cnbc, Alexa, Portal, Voice Assistant, Reuters, Jarvis

Pandora launches a personalized voice assistant on iOS and Android

Pandora today announced the launch of its own, in-app voice assistant which you can call up at any time by saying “Hey Pandora,” followed by a request to play the music or podcasts you want to hear. The feature will allow you to not only control music playback with commands to play a specific artist, album, radio or playlist, but will also be capable of delivering results customized to you when responding to vague commands or those related to activity or mood. For example, you’ll get personal...
Tags: Mobile, Apps, Music, Media, Tech, Pandora, Streaming, Personalization, Voice, Amazon Echo, Streaming Service, Alexa, Voice Assistant, Phillips, Chris Phillips, Google Home

Amazon Music customers can now talk to Alexa more naturally

Amazon Music, reportedly the third-largest subscription-based music service worldwide, is doubling down on voice. The company is today announcing the launch of new set of features that will allow Amazon Music customers to chat with Alexa in a more natural way in order to find and play the music they want to hear. The features allow Amazon Music customers and Alexa to engage in back-and-forth conversations to narrow down playlist options, and will allow users to tell Alexa what songs they like...
Tags: Amazon, Music, Media, Tech, Conversation, Voice, Alexa, Amazon Music, Voice Assistant, Amazon Music Unlimited, Voice Computing, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Product for Amazon Music, Brahmbhatt

Asus joins the Alexa smart speaker party with Lyra Voice

Every smart speaker plays music and lets you speak to Alexa, so Asus decided to up the ante by adding an AC2200 tri-band mesh Wi-Fi node to its Lyra Voice -- its first smart home stereo speaker. The post Asus joins the Alexa smart speaker party with Lyra Voice appeared first on Digital Trends.
Tags: Music, Asus, Trends, Smart Home, Alexa, Voice Assistant, Smart Speaker, Ces2018, Lyra Voice

Baidu’s new robot smart speakers are nothing like Amazon’s Echo

Chinese creators Baidu are diversifying the booming smart speaker market with their own unique additions. Baidu have earned a reputation for having built one of the first deep dive artificial intelligence systems. But they’re only now putting it into their first product with a series of smart speakers that look like no others. Baidu unveiled 3 products in their ‘Raven’ series, Baidu purchased Raven Tech in February, at their annual world event, a smart speaker and two smart speakers that are a...
Tags: Amazon, Music, Featured, Speakers, Equipment, Smart, Artificial Intelligence, Speaker, Ai, Voice Control, Baidu, Unique, Assistant, Voice Assistant, Raven, Raven Tech

Amazon’s Echo speakers and Alexa are here for Canadians

Today Amazon brought Prime Music and their AI assistant Alexa to Canada at long last. Canada has finally gotten Amazon’s renowned AI Alexa and Echo speakers built into their range of 3 Echo speakers. With their integration of Alexa Echo speakers have become powerful assistants capable of answering questions, remembering dates, reading you messages and more. To celebrate coming to Canada Amazon have added a bunch of unique features for Canada including a Canadian accent to Alexa’s voice. Alexa ...
Tags: Amazon, Echo, Apps, Music, Speakers, Skills, Canada, Streaming, Wifi, Ai, Voice Control, Prime, Alexa, Assistant, Voice Assistant, Digital Music News

Will.I.Am has another stupid endeavour; this time a Siri and Alexa rival

Will.I.Am won’t quit with his ridiculous attempts at innovation and now he’s taking on the biggest tech companies in the world with his own voice powered AI. Did you know that ex-Black Eyed Pea Will.I.Am has his own tech startup called I.am+? If not probably because it’s a ridiculous attempt at entrepreneurship that has resulted in very little. If so then this news probably won’t come as much of a surprise to you. Despite all the odds Will.I.Am has somehow managed to secure a big sum of $117 m...
Tags: Apple, Music, Siri, T-mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Ai, Voice, Alexa, Salesforce Ventures, Assistant, Omega, Voice Assistant, Artist / Label News, Reuters, Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am

From appliances to robots, Alexa-supported devices were nearly everywhere at CES

More speakers, home automation products, and robots with support for Amazon's Alexa voice platform were announced at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month. We took a look at a few. The post From appliances to robots, Alexa-supported devices were nearly everywhere at CES appeared first on Digital Trends.
Tags: Amazon, Home, Mobile, Music, Trends, Computing, Home Theater, Las Vegas, Alexa, Voice Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Cool Tech, Android Army, Smart Speaker

FCC filings reportedly reveal the Samsung Scoop, a portable Bluetooth speaker

FCC filings appear to have prematurely revealed the Scoop, a Samsung-made portable Bluetooth speaker with a built-in microphone. It's unclear just when it might hit retail shelves. The post FCC filings reportedly reveal the Samsung Scoop, a portable Bluetooth speaker appeared first on Digital Trends.
Tags: Mobile, Music, Samsung, Trends, Home Theater, Bluetooth Speaker, Voice Assistant, Scoop, Portable Speaker

Apple's cooking up an answer to Amazon's Echo and Google's Home hub in the form of a new Apple TV

Apple is reportedly working on a new Apple TV with significantly enhanced Siri capabilities to rival Amazon's Echo devices and Google's Home hub. The device doesn't have a release date. The post Apple's cooking up an answer to Amazon's Echo and Google's Home hub in the form of a new Apple TV appeared first on Digital Trends.
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Home, Music, Trends, Siri, Apple TV, Home Automation, Home Theater, Voice Assistant, Movies & TV

Report: Apple is working on a Siri-powered Apple TV to take on Echo and Google Home

Apple is reportedly working on a new Apple TV with significantly enhanced Siri capabilities to rival Amazon's Echo devices and Google's Home hub. The device doesn't have a release date. The post Report: Apple is working on a Siri-powered Apple TV to take on Echo and Google Home appeared first on Digital Trends.
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Home, Music, Trends, Siri, Apple TV, Home Automation, Home Theater, Voice Assistant, Movies & TV