Amazon Echo Introduction Home automation, the Internet of Things (IoT), voice recognition, and personal assistants are all hot topics in technology today. The Amazon Echo, a small gadget, incorporates all these trends. Alexa is the voice of this new device. Like Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’...
The Amazon Echo (2014), Echo Plus (2019), and the Echo Studio (2019) Sarah Tew/CNET If you're used to the original water-bottle-size Echo, the sheer bulk of the Echo Studio may come as a surprise. It's larger than most smart speakers and looks a lot like the company's own Echo...
Amazon took years to expand and refine its smart speaker lineup, and the fourth-generation Amazon Echo is the culmination of everything the company has learned about audio. The original Echo design mimicked a soda can, while today’s Echo looks like it belongs on a spaceship. An all-encomp...
In today’s episode, an unsolicited review of Amazon’s new Echo Loop, a smart ring that’s a voice interface to Alexa. Watch the unboxing to see what’s in the box, setup, and how it works. Disclosure: I paid for this device out of pocket and it’s not generally available yet –...
Amazon is trying to prove that AirPlay and Chromecast don’t matter Amazon’s new Echo Pop brings Alexa for $40; Echo Show 5 gets a revamp Amazon is back with a new set of Echo Buds. Though they bear the same name as the first- and second-gen Echo Buds, these new Echo Buds offer...
Related Amazon Echo (2020) review: music of the sphere You can get the standard new Dot in three different colors — dark gray, light gray, and a light blue — though for some reason all three colors come with a white power cord, which is annoying if you buy the darker model. You ...
Amazon also has a brand-new Echo Dot lineup that, well, echoes the design of the larger model, shrinking it down and bringing it to an even lower price point. I’ll be covering the Echo Dot in a separate piece, but if it’s anything like the larger Echo, it’s going to be impre...
Amazon Music steps up You can’t talk about the Echo Studio without mentioning Amazon Music, as both parts are important to Amazon’s plans to cut into the lead of Spotify and Apple Music. Earlier this fall,Amazon announced it was adding high-resolution musicto its subscription music service...
More than two years after its debut, the smarter-than-ever Amazon Echo remains one of the best connected home products money can currently buy.
Smart home control has always been a defining feature of the Echo lineup, and it was great to be able to so easily interact with all of my devices. With such a great screen, I would like to see a dedicated smart home interface like found in theAmazon Echo Hub that I previously ...