Amazon Echo a speaker with bluetooth in a voice assistant

Amazon has unveiled an exciting new product called ” Amazon Echo “. Talking about it is simple and difficult at the same time, it proposes something that we have already seen, but in a completely new form.

It looks like a black cylinder 24 cm high inside which is placed a box consisting of a woofer 2.5″ and tweeter 2” , which emit sound 360° radial.

Amazon Echo, the upper area has no less than 7 microphones arranged in a circle, in order to pick up sound from all directions. This is important because there are no buttons, except for the mute, so everything will be controlled by voice. At the top, there is a ring to adjust the volume, which is nestled on a circular blue LED, used for notifications.

At this point, you’re probably wondering what is it and to understand it enough to think about Siri. The basic idea is that of a personal assistant, who is for the whole family. The information can be obtained about the weather, definitions and information from several sources, but it can also be used to hold reminders, task lists, timers, etc .. All the answers to our questions will be drawn on the internet and synthesized by a female voice.

The cloud is a key element for Amazon Echo, and it is from there that will receive all future updates on features, which will take place in fully automatic mode. For this reason, it has a fast Wi-Fi, which will be connected to your home network. It is configured by your smartphone or tablet via the dedicated app, and can also be used as a simple cash to play your own music via Bluetooth from Spotify, iTunes, Pandora and the like.

Amazon Echo can also sync via Bluetooth to an Android device and Fire OS, so you play content as a speaker accessory. iOS users also will be able to connect with Echo to launch via the web-app, but the app ” companion ” will only come later. The strange device has no batteries and can be carried around as it only works when connected to the power supply.

The voice assistant is certainly not new, but Amazon has rethought, all in the family. It is likely that its functions are considered unnecessary or duplicate simpler than that by now we all have on your phone, so I think that will be a determining factor in the quality of the sound. If you succeed and match the performance of Bluetooth speakers of equal value, then everything else will be considered as an addition.

The idea of ​​360 ° sound promising and if you mirror the expectations will win over even those who are not very interested in voice assistant, but will try it and maybe find it useful and convenient. Below is a video that shows Amazon Echo action. To learn more and try to request an invitation, you should go to this page.

Alexa may be updated ” server-side ” since its operation is linked to cloud technologies. In the future will have numerous additional functions, without forcing the user to perform updates. The strange black cylinder for the house will be sold only in the United States in the coming weeks, while it is not known if Amazon decides to distribute it in the future in different markets.

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