Amazon Echo challenges the virtual assistants to smartphones and tablets. It looks like a device from the living room and can be used, such as competition, through voice commands that are recorded by the seven built-in microphones. The solution of the US company is aimed at a wide audience, that can use the services of Echo operations are mixed, add items to the list "to buy", ask questions and listen to music.
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Siri, Google Now, Cortana and BlackBerry Assistant now have a new contender. Amazon announced Echo, his living room device that integrates a virtual assistant that can answer most general questions, concerning various fields: dictionary, weather, news sports, music playback. The retailer has surprised everyone with a commercial venture unexpected. Amazon has tried to "attack" the drawing room of consumers already with Fire TV, set-top-box that allows you to view your library of Amazon Prime, and the key Fire TV Stick, proposed as an alternative to proprietary Chromecasts , Roku and other keys to stream video files from your PC to your TV.
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" Amazon's Echo is developed around your voice. It is always on, just ask for info, music, news, weather, and more. Echo starts to work as soon as they hear the word 'Alexa'. In addition, it has an efficient speaker that can fill a room with surround sound. " Amazon's Echo is a black cylinder that is constantly active. It can be used by voice commands that are recorded by the microphones, seven in total. According to the promises of Amazon, you can give voice commands to Echo from anywhere in the room.
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As for the remote management of smartphones and tablets, there is an ' app for Android and Fire OS, the operating system of Fire Phone and Kindle Fire tablets, and from a PC or iOS will be temporarily accessible only from the browser. The Seattle company has, however, confirmed that dedicated app for iPhone and iPad is coming soon. At the time, Echo is available by invitation only, and only in the United States. The base cost is $ 199, but Amazon Prime subscribers can buy it for $ 99.
