Amazon Echo (2nd Generation)

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Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. Echo connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, ask questions, make calls, send and receive messages, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more—instantly. All you have to do is ask.

Echo connects to Alexa to play music, make calls, set music alarms and timers, ask questions, control smart home devices, and more—instantly.
Just ask for a song, artist, or genre from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, and more. With multi-room music, you can play music on compatible Echo devices in different rooms. Echo can also play Audible audiobooks, radio stations, news briefs, and more.
Call or message almost anyone hands-free with your Echo device. Also, instantly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice.
New speaker, now with Dolby processing for crisp vocals and dynamic bass response. Echo can fill the room with 360° omnidirectional audio.
With seven microphones, beamforming technology, and noise cancellation, Echo hears you from any direction—even while music is playing
Just ask Alexa to check your calendar, weather, traffic, and sports scores, manage to-do and shopping lists, control your compatible smart lights, thermostats, garage doors, sprinklers, and more
Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills. Just ask Alexa to control your TV, request an Uber, order a pizza, and more.

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Posted in General by Gamerglitter August 3, 2019 6:37pm

Amazon Responds to Alexa Privacy Concerns

#Amazon has been under scrutiny for allowing third-party contractors to listen in on #Alexa recordings as part of the reviewing process. In response the company decided to allow users to #opt-out, Read the article to find out how. #Echo #IoT #smartspeaker #privacyrights #privacy #AmazonSmile

Amazon Adds Option to Keep Contractors From Eavesdropping on Your Alexa Requests

Alexa users who don’t want their recordings reviewed by third-party contractors finally have an option to opt-out thanks to a new Amazon policy implemented amid mounting criticism against the company and its voice assistant competitors, Apple and Google.

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Posted in General by Eyeforaneye June 11, 2019 8:46am

Addicted to convenience.

We all know the automated home device market is huge, but wow - $75 billion! That's an astronomical amount. By 2025, we should have lots of great new products on the market as well. Perhaps we'll be living in a Jetson home before we know it :)

Automated home devices to draw in $75bn by 2025 | Mobile Marketing Magazine

Automated home devices, such as smart thermostats and smart speakers, are expected to be worth $75bn to the industry by 2025, according to GlobalData. Smart thermostats are becoming more popular among consumers who want control their energy consumption, while smart speakers have been immensely popular since debuting a few years ago. Both Amazon and Google have heavily in the automated home device market. Alongside its Echo range, Amazon spent $1bn on smart doorbell firm ring. Meanwhile, Google has the Nest brand of smart home products. “The advent of smart speakers has had a significant impact across the automated home, as they have enabled simple, voice-activated control of all types of smart devices and, thanks to their relatively...

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Posted in General by Elijah May 19, 2019 12:49pm

Intruders Beware, Alexa Guard is There

Amazon has rolled out a free update that empowers their Alexa-enabled devices with Alexa Guard. It's a home security system of sorts that detects sound and alerts the owner immediately if a smoke alarm goes off, a window breaks, or something unusual happens after you've told the device that you'll be away. It can do quite a bit!

Amazon Alexa's New 'Guard' Can Help Keep Your Home Safe While You're Away

Amazon's Alexa Guard works somewhat like a home security system while you're away.

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Amazon Echo (2nd Generation)

Overall Ratings:

Description:

Echo connects to Alexa to play music, make calls, set music alarms and timers, ask questions, control smart home devices, and more—instantly.
Just ask for a song, artist, or genre from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, and more. With multi-room music, you can play music on compatible Echo devices in different rooms. Echo can also play Audible audiobooks, radio stations, news briefs, and more.
Call or message almost anyone hands-free with your Echo device. Also, instantly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice.
New speaker, now with Dolby processing for crisp vocals and dynamic bass response. Echo can fill the room with 360° omnidirectional audio.
With seven microphones, beamforming technology, and noise cancellation, Echo hears you from any direction—even while music is playing
Just ask Alexa to check your calendar, weather, traffic, and sports scores, manage to-do and shopping lists, control your compatible smart lights, thermostats, garage doors, sprinklers, and more
Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills. Just ask Alexa to control your TV, request an Uber, order a pizza, and more.