Amazon Echo Wall Clock is an old-school clock, with an Alexa twist

Amazon Echo Wall Clock is an old-school clock, with an Alexa twist

6 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-echo-wall-clock-is-an-old-school-clock-with-an-alexa-twist/

Well, Amazon wants you to rethink that. With its $29 Echo Wall Clock (yes, that's the name), Amazon has taken the modern analog timepiece with its minute hand and hour hand, and updated it with a ring of LED lights around the edge to show what timers you've set. And, of course, it changes for Daylight Saving Time automatically.

The move is the latest effort from Amazon to push even further into the smart home industry. In the four years since Amazon first launched its original Echo, partners have packed Amazon's Alexa smart assistant into all sorts of devices from phones and computers to cars, kitchen appliances and even a toilet. Now, Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft are racing to build up their own voice assistants and integrate them into more devices to catch up to Amazon. To stay one step ahead, Amazon aggressively expanded its line of Echo devices, pushed Alexa into hospitality and office spaces, and integrated Alexa with over 20,000 kinds of devices.