Guinness World Records Adds Alexa Skill Full of Astounding Feats

Guinness World Records has launched an Alexa skill, adding its store of unusual and impressive feats to the voice assistant’s database. Full Story: Voicebot.ai

Alexa can make remote learning easier. Here’s how

Amazon’s voice assistant has some good ideas for improving your kids’ school experience this semester. Full Story: CNET

Car Makers Can Now Use Alexa Custom Assistant To Build Their Own Voice Assistants

Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa will now soon power other custom AI voice assistants in various automobiles, thanks to the new Alexa Custom Assistant. Full Story: TechnoCodex

Futurespective on Voice Technology from the Google Assistant Product Team

Technology isn’t silent anymore. It talks, and its voice shapes the way we live — working and virtual learning, shopping for cleaning supplies, playing daily music mixes, cooking new recipes, or exercising — all by just asking for it out loud. Full Story: ReadWrite

Touchless tech: is it really the future or a source of frustration?

Touchless toilet and faucet. Meanwhile, Kohler unveiled a touchless kitchen faucet that can also be asked to dispense a set amount of water via a voice assistant. Full Story: TechRadar

Automation Is Still Growing in the Workplace Despite Concerns

While there has been a lot of talk about automation in the workplace over the past couple of years, and even more so since last March and the emergence of the COVID-19, it has been hard to quantify how automation is impacting the digital workplace and the way people are working. Full Story: CMSWire

Android Auto Voice Assistant Issue Finally Under Investigation

As many of us learned the hard way, the experience with Android Auto depends on a lot of things. A feature that often breaks down all of a sudden is support for voice commands. Full Story: autoevolution

SMART BULBS THAT WORK WITH VOICE ASSISTANT

If you have a voice assistant device at your home, whether an Amazon Alexa, Google Home, or even an Apple HomePod, then it makes sense to have smart lighting as well. Full Story: Digit

Google Guest Mode stops friends ruining your smart speaker suggestions

Google smart speakers and displays will now offer a Guest Mode that doesn’t save interactions between you and Google’s voice assistant. Full Story: Techradar

Microsoft collaborates with Yellow Messenger to transform voice virtual assistants

Conversational interfaces are changing how customers relate to brands and ‘voice’ is playing a key role in enabling smarter brand-to-consumer engagement. Full Story: DATAQUEST