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Build Your Own Amazon Alexa Smart Speaker With a Raspberry Pi Suddenly, everybody’s talking to their tech. Smartphones, TVs, even lightbulbs—all capable of being controlled with a home assistant. As the Internet of Things takes over your home, you’ll find more devices are suddenly capable of responding to your voice, thanks to virtual assistants like the Amazon Alexa. Amazon has released a step-by-step guide on how to turn the $35 Raspberry Pi into a voice-controlled assistant. The instructions demonstrate how to set up the single board computer to use Amazon's Alexa Voice Service to create a low-cost alternative to the Echo, Amazon's $180 smart speaker. Like other online assistants, Amazon's Alexa responds to voice commands and can set reminders, play music, and answer simple questions. If you’ve got a spare Raspberry Pi handy, you don’t need to buy an Amazon Alexa device like the Echo or the Echo Dot, because you can build your own...

How to Get Google Assistant on Windows, macOS and Linux Google Assistant – Google’s answer to all the AI assistants claiming to  be the best, is quite simply the  best one there is right now . It’s not  perfect,  not by far, but it does the job much better than the other  options.  Which  is why, when Google released  Google Assistant on every  Android  phone  with  Android 6.0 and above, it was such a huge deal.  Which is why  it’s exciting that  you can now get the Google Assistant  (sans the UI) on Windows, Mac and  Linux as well. So, if that excites  you, and the fact that “sans the UI” means  you’ll be using the Terminal  doesn’t scare you,  here is how to get  Google Assistant on  Windows, Mac, and Linux systems: Prerequisites for the   Google Assistant Before you can get to running the Google Assis...