Harman Kardon’s Invoke smart speaker is the first and only Cortana-powered speaker, but a new update will disable the digital assistant on Wednesday, March 10th. Harman Kardon recommends that its ...

Cortana, and Okay Google are put into a cone of silence. Of course, smart speakers aren’t the only ubiquitous products with microphones, so solving the consumer-created problems are just the start.

Connect Smart Home Devices: Download and install the apps for your smart home devices. Many of these apps, such as Philips Hue or Nest, have built-in support for Cortana. Connect these devices to your ...

perhaps none as impactful as the smart speaker. What started as a novelty — a speaker that could answer basic questions and play music on command — has quickly become a central command center ...

Smart speakers have proliferated since their initial launch earlier this decade. The devices combine voice recognition and assistant functionality with a foreboding sense that paying corporations ...

The iPad-like device, which will reportedly be available as soon as next March, has a six-inch display with thick edges, a ...

The Google Nest Audio is our favorite smart speaker, which is surprising given its 2020 launch. It has withstood the test of ...

Smart plugs can bring new life to older electrical devices by allowing you to control power to lights, printers, and sound ...

The Alexa Skills revolution that wasn’t The Amazon Echo graveyard Alexa, thank you for the music Fast-forward to today, and there are over 40 million Echo smart speakers in US households, with Alexa ...

56% of U.S. households own and use a smart speaker (Technalysis Research) 50% of smart-speaker-owning households use it at least daily (Technalysis Research) Chatbots will be responsible for cost ...

Microsoft's Cortana is a cloud-based personal assistant that operates outside the realm of standard voice-enabled AI. Cortana doesn't just understand voice commands and carry out tasks but is ...

Notably, Microsoft has dipped its toes into these particular waters: In late 2017, Harman Kardon introduced the Invoke, the first and so far only smart speaker running Microsoft's Cortana.