Oct 7th 2019
Smart Tech Today 1
Voice Assistants in Your Ears
Hosted by
Mikah Sargent,
Matthew Cassinelli
Amazon's Echo devices, Siri Shortcuts, smart earbuds, and more.
Although the show is no longer in production, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.
On this, the first episode of Smart Tech Today, Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli:
- Attempt to create nicknames for the major voice assistants. Be sure to share your ideas for Siri, Alexa, and Google nicknames by emailing stt@twit.tv!
- Discuss all the products Amazon announced at its recent press event. Matthew gets Mikah to change his mind about the smart oven Amazon launched.
- Ponder the future of voice-based operating systems given the fact that every company seems to be announcing earbuds that work with smart assistants.
- Give a brief rundown of their smart home setups.
- Answer questions about automating alarms using Siri Shortcuts and NFC tags.
- Give a shout-out to the one-and-only Gemmy the Twerking Bear.
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Links
- Echo Studio - Sonos/HomePod competitor
- Echo Show 8
- Echo Flex
- Echo Frames
- Echo Loop
- Echo Buds
- Microsoft Surface Earbuds
- AirPods
- Google Pixel Buds
- Siri Shortcuts on HomePod, Apple Watch
- Siri Shortcuts updates for iOS 13
- Spotify rolls out Siri support and new Apple TV app
- HomeKit Secure Video playback view
- Amazon creates a huge alliance to demand voice assistant compatibility
- Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance
- Philips Hue Dimmer Switch
- Gemmy the Twerking Bear
- How do I add Siri Shortcuts from links?
- Announcing my Shortcuts Library, featuring 150 Siri Shortcuts to use with iOS 13
- 4 types of NFC tags to buy for your Siri Shortcuts automations
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