https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/28/amazons_echo_spot/

Amazon expanded its line of Echo cloud commerce intercoms on Wednesday with the introduction of Echo Spot, a spherical hodgepodge of screen, mics and speaker for communing with the company's Alexa software and demanding doorstep deliveries.

With living rooms already served and surveilled by elder Echo devices, Echo Spot appears to be designed for bedrooms, space-constrained kitchens, and other locations where legacy clock radios may still be lurking.