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Telecommunications provider Optus has introduced a new in-call voice assistant to make engagement easier for customers.

My mum is listening to Andrea Bocelli songs on Apple Music, playing on an Amazon Alexa. She asked Alexa to play songs Andrea sings in English, and an utter F-AI-L ensued.

"Alexa, make me a coffee" - it's no longer the stuff of science fiction. With Lavazza and Amazon’s partnership, you can now genuinely have a voice-controlled smart assistant brewing you a tasty caffeinated beverage. It’s the first coffee machine with Alexa built-in, or “la prima macchina da caffé con Alexa integrate” as the Italians might say.

Amazon's Alexa voice assistant, plus Amazon's range of Echo devices, including an all-new Echo, are finally hitting Australian shores.

Harman/Kardon has released details of its INVOKE, a Cortana-powered home digital assistant taking more than a few styling cues from Echo and Alexa but increasing the functionality.

Although Bixby is due to launch sometime this month in the US, and later this year in Australia, South Korea S8 and S8+ owners can now get the Bixby update.

It’s not just Australians and the rest of the world that will be unable to use the Bixby voice control at launch, now Samsung admits the US won’t be able to either.