The Amazon Echo is the online retailer's play at a digital, voice-only assistant, which comes in the form of a cylindrical speaker tower that listens for your voice. Debuting in November 2014, Amazon has steadily added features to the tower and the voice assistant it contains, who goes by the name "Alexa." And the device's potential led to it receiving our Best Of What's New grand prize. Now Jeff Bezos and his team are adding one of the most important features yet: Spotify support.
Amazon Echo is ready to join you for your Super Bowl 50 party.
Your home is about to get a whole lot smarter. On Monday, Amazon announced its artificially intelligent bluetooth speaker—the Amazon Echo—is being made publicly available for purchase. The Echo was first unveiled in November 2014, but it was sold on an invitation-only basis until this week. The device is one of the first always-on, voice controlled intelligent home appliances that connects to the Internet and controls third-party services. It can answer trivia questions, tell you the weather, add items to a shopping list, and much more.
