The Echo doesn’t have one killer app, so Amazon  is creating Alexa gadgets for every use case

The Echo doesn’t have one killer app, so Amazon is creating Alexa gadgets for every use case

7 years ago
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https://www.recode.net/2017/9/28/16373916/new-amazon-echo-alexa-buttons-spot-plus

Amazon on Wednesday announced five new Alexa-powered Echo devices in a dizzying product rollout that can comes across as either impressively ambitious or insane and unfocused.

There was an upgrade to the original Echo that is smaller and cheaper at $100; a touchscreen Alexa-powered alarm clock called the Echo Spot for $130; and the Echo Plus with a smart-home hub embedded in it for $150. Then there were tiny Echo Buttons for to be used for trivia or games at $20 a pop, and even a $35 Echo Connect gadget to turn your home phone line into an Alexa-powered speaker phone.