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Amazon's Alexa Goes to Work in 2 New Devices

2016-03-04 00:39:01| TechNewsWorld

Amazon on Thursday announced two products, Echo Dot and Amazon Tap, that extend the range of the Alexa-enabled home automation products anchored by the company's Echo device, which uses voice recognition to manage routine tasks. The Echo Dot is a small, hands-free device that uses the same far-field voice-recognition tech as Amazon Echo. It lets users control their stereos with voice commands.

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Amazon's new Echo Dot and Tap make Alexa more portable ... sort of

2016-03-03 19:22:29| Wireless - Topix.net

Amazon wants to make it easier to add its voice-controlled assistant, Alexa, to any room in the home by offering a pair of new, smaller versions of Amazon Echo , the original tabletop Bluetooth speaker inhabited by Alexa. Echo Dot and Amazon Tap are both smaller than the original Echo and Tap is even portable, but was too much sacrificed in the design to keep them from being the next go-to digital assistant? Echo Dot really is just a smaller version of the original Echo with the same ability to hear voice commands from across the room and perform an expanding array of tasks like playing music, controlling smart home devices, reading news and answering questions.

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Amazon amplifies its Alexa line of voice-controlled devices

2016-03-03 16:23:36| IT Services - Topix.net

Amazon.com is introducing two devices designed to amplify the role its voice-controlled assistant Alexa plays in people's homes and lives. The products unveiled Thursday are echoes of Amazon's Echo, a cylinder-shaped speaker with Internet-connected microphones that became Alexa's first major showcase when it debuted in late 2014.

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Amazon amplifies its Alexa line of voice-controlled devices

2016-03-03 16:23:35| IT Services - Topix.net

Amazon.com is introducing two devices, the Amazon Tap and Echo Dot, that are designed ... . ***EMBARGOED UNTIL THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016, 9am EST*** In this Wednesday, March 2, 2016 photo, David Limp, Amazon Senior Vice President of Devices, speaks about the Alexa Skills Kit in San Francisco.

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