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Amazon's Echo: a $200, Multi-Function, Audio-Centric Device

Posted by timothy on from the jarvis-is-on-the-other-line-with-eliza dept.

An anonymous reader writes Amazon today quietly unveiled a new product dubbed Amazon Echo. The $200 device appears to be a voice-activated wireless speaker that can answer your questions, offer updates on what's going in the world, and of course play music. Echo is currently available for purchase via an invite-only system. If you have Amazon Prime, however, you can get it for $100. I've put in a request for one; hopefully we'll get a hands-on look at the Echo soon. It looks useful and interesting for random searches, and for controlling devices, but one small speaker (interesting driver arrangement notwithstanding) doesn't bode well for "fill[ing] any room with immersive sound," as Amazon's promo materials claim.

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  1. WARNING: referral in link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wow. Just wow. Some AC probably just made a shitload of cash by tricking mods into upvoting his peronsal referrral link (hint: that's what the ref_=blahblah part is).
    http://www.amazon.com/oc/echo works just fine without the referral.