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At the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show, Comcast unveiled a new software platform for its Arris 1682G and Cisco 3941T/3939 modems, which would offer a redesigned configuration interface, support for remote setup and management via an Xfinity mobile app, and enabling integration of supported smart home devices with other Xfinity platforms such as ...
Home Assistant took second place in 2017 [63] and 2018 [64] for the Thomas Krenn Award (formerly Open Source Grant), later winning first place in 2019. [65] Home Assistant also won a DINACon award in 2018 for their "Open Internet Award" category, [66] [67] as well as being a nominee for the same awards in 2013. [68]
Amazon Alexa, or, Alexa, [2] is a virtual assistant technology largely based on a Polish speech synthesizer named Ivona, bought by Amazon in 2013. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was first used in the Amazon Echo smart speaker and the Amazon Echo Dot , Echo Studio and Amazon Tap speakers developed by Amazon Lab126 .
The accent gap Drew Harwell, The Washington Post Smart speakers (and the virtual assistants they house) offer voice control for so many connected devices it's hard to keep count. Those audio ...
Comcast launched the Xfinity Stream app on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD — which can now act as a substitute for your cable TV set-top box. Xfinity Stream on Apple TV gives Xfinity TV customers ...
Brian L. Roberts. Comcast is described as a family business. [19] Brian L. Roberts, its chairman and CEO, is the son of founder Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015). Roberts owns or controls about 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, giving him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company". [20]
The Google Assistant was unveiled during Google's developer conference on May 18, 2016, as part of the unveiling of the Google Nest smart speaker and new messaging app Allo; Google CEO Sundar Pichai explained that the Assistant was designed to be a conversational and two-way experience, and "an ambient experience that extends across devices". [10]
Cable giant Comcast, hoping to build a new bridge to the streaming-centric video landscape, this week announced the availability of the Xumo Stream Box — a device it’s providing for no extra ...