Software and Services

Hands On: Pitting the Apple HomePod against the Sonos One

We decided to throw the two smart speakers against one another to settle the matter.

Amazon Echo Plus review: Zigbee connectivity doesn't quite seal the deal

If you’re looking to buy the best of the three Amazon Echo speakers, this is still probably the one to get. However, there are plenty of reasons to give pause here and wait to see if an eventual successor can do the promise of the Echo Plus justice.

Everything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: Comparing The Google Home’s Assistant To Amazon Echo’s Alexa

These days, thanks to both the Alexa Skills and Assistant Apps platforms, Google and Amazon's smart assistants can do a lot of the same things. However, that’s not to say that there aren’t areas where each has a clear advantage.

Apple HomePod review: The iPhone of smart speakers packs a punch but shirks on the smarts

Like most Apple products, the HomePod is a product that asks you to take the good with the bad - and that proposition might not sound so great when you hear what the competition has to offer.

Amazon Echo review: The original smart speaker makes an overdue debut

Google might have made it here first, but the Echo ensures the search giant is going to be kept on its toes in the years and months to come.

New Zealand Retailer Foodstuffs to Trial World-First Artificial Intelligence Shopping Solution

New Zealanders will be the first in the world to trail new artificial intelligence technology that brings the checkout to the trolley when they shop for groceries at a Foodstuffs store in coming months,

Is my smart speaker always listening?

Are people inviting these new, exciting, “smart” products into their homes only to be taken advantage of?

Sonos say Aussie Alexa support for One smart speaker won't arrive until Autumn 2018

Following this week's launch of Amazon's Alexa and their Echo smart speaker range, Sonos has announced their Australian owners of their Sonos One smart speaker won't gain access to the smart assistant until later this year