Amazon started selling personal voice assistant Echo. Earlier, similar solutions introduced, inter alia, Google (Google Now), Apple (Siri) and Microsoft (Cortana). The difference is that the assistant Amazon is not intended for smartphones, but is offered as a desktop device.
Personal Assistant Echo is a device permanently connected to the internet and use of the software placed in a cloud of Amazon Web Services. To activate the device, simply denounce his “name” Alexa. Echo responds to voice commands. This way you can create eg. A list of purchasing, which will be automatically added to your virtual shopping cart, and then through the mobile application to place an order. The device has several other functions such as playing music or making appointments. Echo can also answer questions such as. Of geography or spelling. What’s more, the device – by connecting to a virtual cloud – continually “learns”.
Competition for smartphones
Echo costs $ 199. Amazon Prime Members pay $ 99 for it. Sucharita Mulpuru, an analyst with research firm Forrester Research, however, is skeptical. “It’s a strange device, not very useful. After what customers had to buy another gadget, since all offers Echo are already on their smartphones, “- says Sucharita Mulpuru.
This year, US online sales giant has launched a couple of other technological innovations such as smart phones Amazon Fire and Amazon Dash. Now this list has joined Amazon Echo. All new devices are created in special research institutes operating under the codename Amazon’s Lab126. They are located in Sunnyvale and Cupertino locations in Silicon Valley. In total, Amazon plans to invest $ 55 million there. Currently, they work on a so-called. smart watch.
Amazon Dash: scanner and microphone in one
In April of this year, Amazon launched the Amazon Dash – a small device, whereby customers can automatically add the needed products into your cart AmazonFresh, a grocery store or online. The device has a built-in barcode scanner, both as a microphone. Thus the customer can either scan the products in your home, or order them by voice command. Amazon Dash connects to the internet via WiFi and is synchronized with the account in AmazonFresh. To complete your order simply enter your account via the Internet or a mobile application and order purchases. Delivery will be made the next day.
Amazon Dash
In the spring of this year, the company has also introduced its own smartphone called the Amazon Fire. Ultranowowczesny smartphone is equipped with four cameras front and technology retina. Thanks to the device’s screen can display images in 3D. The same principle of operation of the display is based on the display of holograms. The product was, however, quite coldly received by the market. And how will the Amazon Echo?
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