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Sling TV on Amazon Echo Show 15

Amazon Echo Show 15 customers in the US can now stream Sling TV to watch live television and access its catalogue of more than 150,000 on-demand shows and movies. Viewers can get started by simply saying “Alexa, open Sling TV” and log-in to their account. Once in the app, users can request specific channels by […]

March 16, 2022

Report: ‘Protect British radio output on smart speakers’

British radio listeners’ favourite stations should be protected for the future through new regulation so they can be accessed easily on smart speakers, according to a government-commissioned report. The Digital Radio and Audio Review found that smart speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home are owned or accessed by a third of all adults […]

October 21, 2021By Colin Mann

Amazon introduces upgraded Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 5

Amazon has introduced its newest generation of Echo Show devices – the new Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 5. “Customers love using Echo Show to stay in touch and in the past year have made nearly three times the number of video calls globally than the year prior,” said Eric Saarnio, Vice President, Amazon […]

May 13, 2021

Research: Pandemic boosts older adults’ tech usage

In a year with a global pandemic significantly limiting social interaction, technology became more important than ever, especially for older adults, according to research from US seniors’ organisation AARP, which found that more older adults (44 per cent) view tech more positively as a way to stay connected than they did before Covid-19. In addition, […]

April 22, 2021

Research: Smart speakers increasingly linked to smart TVs

Findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s annual study – Evolution of the TV Set – reveal more viewers are using smart TVs linked to smart speakers to fill gaps in TV set capabilities. Highlights from the research: Amazon Echo still leads all speaker brands when it comes to integration with smart TVs – but the gap […]

July 16, 2020