New chip to let headphones respond to Amazon's Alexa by name

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New chip to let headphones respond to Amazon's Alexa by name

Talks up prospects.

Knowles Corp, a major supplier of microphones to Apple's iPhone and many other smart devices, on Tuesday released a new chip that will allow battery-powered wireless headphones to respond to Amazon's Alexa voice assistant by saying the assistant's name. Previously, users of most Alexa-enabled ...

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