The UK government said that Britons will be able to get an answer to simple medical questions from the National Health Service (NHS) using their Amazon smart speakers.
Knowles Corp, a major supplier of microphones to Apple’s iPhone and many other smart devices, on June 11 released a new chip that will allow battery-powered wireless headphones to respond to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant by saying the assistant’s name.
Previously, users of most Alexa-enabled headphones have had to press a button on the side of the headphones to awaken the assistant.
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