Amazon is following Apple and Google and designing its own chips for all Alexa-enabled devices, according to The Information. Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will be able to talk back at you in a way that sounds like you’re talking directly into the device, which could make it easier for people who have hearing loss or other Amazon acquired chip designer Annapurna Labs in 2015, and recently hired chip engineers for Amazon Web Services.
Amazon is following Apple and Google and designing its own chips for all Alexa-enabled devices, according to The Information. The tech is aimed at reducing latency when users pose commands, with the addition of speech recognition to speed up response times for simple requests while the system accesses the cloud. Amazon acquired chip designer Annapurna Labs in 2015, and recently hired chip engineers for Amazon Web Services.