Alexa is expanding its reach in the kitchen with a new smart-home skill API (application programming interface) that will allow consumers to control their connected microwave ovens by voice. The new ...

Expanding on Sensory’s recent announcement of its VoiceHub platform, Sensory’s technologies are helping custom voice assistants go mainstream, powering everyday appliances like the Farberware FM11VABK ...

Probably the most useful feature of the AmazonBasics microwave is that you don’t have to reset the clock if your power fails or when you’re transitioning between standard and daylight-saving time. And ...

Alexa's smart home skills aren't just for turning on the lights or locking your door these days -- now, they can help fulfill your culinary ambitions. Amazon has added cooking abilities to its Smart ...

Soon you'll be able to control smart microwaves and ovens with Alexa. Amazon announced the new tools on Thursday, and Whirlpool will soon launch a microwave with support. LG, Samsung, Kenmore and GE ...

At last year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Alexa was showing up in all sorts of devices. Ahead of CES 2018, Amazon’s voice assistant is prepping to do more in your kitchen by adding voice control to ...

Ashlee spent time as a newspaper reporter, AmeriCorps VISTA and an employee at a healthcare company before she landed at CNET. She loves to eat, write and watch "Golden Girls" (preferably all three at ...

I’m a fan of Alexa and of voice computing in general. But when Amazon said it was putting Alexa into a microwave, I wasn’t so sure. The value in voice computing is being able to get to news, ...