Voice assistants have started to gain traction thanks to the success of products like Google Now and Siri, but now Amazon is joining the fray with a completely different approach of its own, the Amazon Echo.
Instead of being locked to your mobile device, Echo is a speaker that’s meant to stay at home to give you information, such as the news and weather. It can also play audio from various sources, including Amazon Prime, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn.
The speaker uses bluetooth to connect to your devices, and features seven microphones in a circular array to be able to listen to you from any direction. Likewise, it has a 360 degree speaker to play back audio clearly to wherever you’re standing.
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