https://www.cnet.com/news/12-questions-that-ces-2018-needs-to-answer/

On the one hand, not so much. But turn the clock back just three years -- if not more -- and you quickly realize that the tech landscape of the past feels like a different planet. To that end, as we prepare to embark to Las Vegas, we've come up with 12 questions that we're hoping the world's largest technology trade show will answer -- or at least give us a clue as to where the world of technology will be headed in the next 12 months.

The second-generation Echo smart speaker was merely one of a cavalcade of Alexa-compatible speakers that debuted in 2017.