Updates on Voice Assistants

Every AI story we track on Voice Assistants: 43 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.

Pulled from 125 sources

This week

NVIDIA Releases Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B 4GB: An Open Small Language Model for Local Voice Agents, Game Characters and Robots

MarkTechPost
Consumer Tech2 min read

Conversational Gemini navigation comes to Apple CarPlay

Covered by 2 sources
Consumer Tech2 min read

Apple to make Siri AI available in S. Korea this month: sources

Yonhap News Agency

This month

Automotive4 min read

AI agents are coming to Rivian’s cars

TechCrunch
Consumer Tech2 min read

Google Home update rolling out with improved Favorites, more app & Gemini fixes

9to5Google (Gemini)
Consumer Tech9 min read

Apple launches HomeView, its first smart display for the home

Covered by 3 sources
Consumer Tech6 min read

Apple TV 4K Gains Siri AI, A19 Chip, and Hands-Free Voice Control

Unite.AI
Consumer Tech5 min read

Hey Siri, how did Apple’s early lead in AI turn into a race to catch up?

ET AI (The Economic Times)
Consumer Tech2 min read

Gemini for Android Auto is just giving up on answers for some drivers

9to5Google (Gemini)

The Evolution Of Voice Agents: How They Work And Why You Could See Them Everywhere

Forbes
Consumer Tech5 min read

ChatGPT Voice's new plugins make voice more useful

TechRadar

Gemini Live vs. ChatGPT Voice: Which AI offers a more natural conversation?

Engadget
Consumer Tech4 min read

OpenAI admits ChatGPT in Siri was ‘dramatically underperforming’

TechRadar
Consumer Tech6 min read

Google Home Stuns by Announcing AI Support for Claude and OpenClaw

CNET

iOS 27 Is Here. It’s Time to Meet the New, Improved Siri.

Covered by 8 sources

Apple Rolls Out Siri AI In Beta With Daily Limits And Paid Tier Coming

Forbes
Consumer Tech3 min read

Siri AI Will Have Deep Integration With ChatGPT and Claude Models, Leaked Build Shows

CNET
Consumer Tech3 min read

How to change Amazon Alexa's voice and personality

Engadget
Consumer Tech1 min read

CarPlay now works with six major AI chatbot apps, leaving one key holdout

9to5Mac
Consumer Tech1 min read

CarPlay now works with five major chatbot apps

9to5Mac
Consumer Tech2 min read

Google Home update fixes alarms, improves media & smart home voice controls

9to5Google (Gemini)

PSA: Amazon’s shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scam

Covered by 2 sources

Amazon Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop

TechCrunch
Agents2 min read

Gemini Live gets productivity upgrade with Spark, Gmail, and other integrations 

Covered by 3 sources
Agents3 min read

1-800-APL-Care Now Connects You with AI Assistant Instead of Human

Hacker News
Agents4 min read

Google’s Latest Gemini Update Is Good News For Spotify Users

Forbes
Chips & Compute2 min read

Apple reportedly cut more than 200 jobs across Vision Pro and Siri software teams

Covered by 2 sources
Agents3 min read

Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required

Covered by 2 sources
Agents5 min read

Waymo Brings Gemini Assistant Into Its Custom Ojai Robotaxis

Unite.AI
Agents2 min read

Google’s Gemini app surges to 1 billion users

Covered by 7 sources
Chips & Compute8 min read

Apple launches new iPhones next month. What's inside the phone is a much bigger deal.

Business Insider
Agents4 min read

How to use Claude's voice mode

Engadget
Music & Audio7 min read

ICYMI: here's the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from our Z Fold 8 Ultra review to GTA 6's Netflix partnership

TechRadar
Agents2 min read

OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”

Covered by 2 sources
Agents2 min read

Keen to get Alexa+ but don’t have the necessary hardware? These are the 9 Amazon devices we recommend to get you up and running

TechRadar
Agents2 min read

Jony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker

Covered by 2 sources
Agents4 min read

'This will be my last Pixel': Android fans are rebelling against the imminent demise of Google Assistant — here are 5 reasons why

Covered by 2 sources
Agents4 min read

G’day, Alexa+: Amazon's AI-upgraded smart home assistant has finally arrived in Australia — and it's fully fluent in 'Strayan

TechRadar

Readers reply: Should we be polite to voice assistants and AIs?

The Guardian

A New Framework for Evaluation of Voice Agents (EVA)

Hugging Face
That's everything we have on Voice Assistants right now