Following the philosophy that some things are better late than never, Amazon has rolled out the ability to block calls and messages to its Alexa-powered Echo devices. For whatever reason, Amazon did ...

Boston Children’s Hospital patients and their parents can now use Alexa to access information in their medical record, with the hospital announcing Thursday that it had launched a new secure function ...

Can't get to the door? The Amazon-owned smart doorbell is getting three new features, one of which taps Alexa to help. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the ...

Want to send someone a message? You can do that through your Amazon Echo. The Alexa assistant supports sending and receiving voice and in-app messages on Android and iOS and SMS messages on Android.