NEW YORK (AP) – Siri, meet Alexa. Amazon is introducing a voice-recognition service called Amazon Echo that comes with a speaker-like wireless device. Responding to voice commands after the “wake word” Alexa, the device offers updates on news and weather and provides hands-free voice control for Amazon services such as Prime Music. It has an […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Siri, meet Alexa.
Amazon is introducing a voice-recognition service called Amazon Echo that comes with a speaker-like wireless device.
Responding to voice commands after the “wake word” Alexa, the device offers updates on news and weather and provides hands-free voice control for Amazon services such as Prime Music. It has an accompanying app for tablets and smartphones.
It is available by email request only and costs $199, or $99 for Amazon Prime members.
The Wi-Fi only device is Bluetooth enabled and can play music from Amazon Prime Music or other music services like iTunes and Spotify. It stores information via Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc.’s in-house cloud service Amazon Web Services.
It can also answer common questions like how to spell words, give weather reports and purchase digital music from Amazon Music.
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