A Wi-Fi network can place calls when you’re trapped in an area with spotty phone signal. James Martin/CNET In addition to offering customers a cheaper alternative to their phone plans, one of the main draws of networks that integrate Wi-Fi technology like Google‘s Project Fi and Republic Wireless is they will seamlessly switch a user’s phone service between cellular and Wi-Fi when needed. Wi-Fi calling is nothing new; apps like Skype, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp make it easier to use a phone to place calls and send texts over the internet and forgo mobile networks all together. Carriers are also adopting Wi-Fi calling themselves. Whether it’s because ...

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Alexa may one day help keep tabs on the goings-on in your house. Amazon Amazon aims to expand the universe of its Alexa voice assistant with a pair of smart glasses, its first wearable device, the Financial Times reported late Tuesday. The smartphone-tethered device would resemble a regular pair of spectacles and use a bone-conduction system that would allow the wearer to hear Alexa without the need for headphones, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with Amazon’s plans. The internet retailer also plans to beef up its smart home hardware lineup with a new internet-connected security camera system, the paper ...

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