Amazon Echo is a living room version of Siri

Posted on Friday, November 07 2014 @ 13:33 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Amazon surprised us with the launch of Echo, a new hardware device that largely resembles a living room version of Siri. The device is controlled with your voice and can look up information, news, weather and other data for you.

It's a quite unusual product from Amazon and given its $200 price tag it seems quite a gamble for the company. Overall this seems like a quite expensive speaker (yes, it can play music too) with some "smart" Internet-connected functionality.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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