When it comes to smart speakers, Amazon is on top of the list. It was the tech giant who introduced this groundbreaking device to the world. The flagship product was called the Amazon Echo. What’s nice about it is you just plug it in, connect it to your wi-fi, and amazing things happen. The Echo connects to Amazon’s cloud-based intelligent personal assistant called Alexa (pretty much what Siri is to Apple’s iOS).
It uses speech recognition to perform a wide variety of tasks on command. Just tell Alexa your favorite song, artist, or genre, sit back, relax, and enjoy music from any of the popular music streaming services (Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, etc.)
But that’s not all. Aside from playing music, the Amazon Echo can do lots of other things, like provide information (news, weather, traffic, etc.), make calls, send and receive messages, even order a pizza from Domino’s. Is that cool or what? If that’s not enough, Amazon made some improvements to the original product and came up with a new smart speaker. Introducing the Amazon Echo 2nd Generation.
The Amazon Echo 2nd Generation has the cool features of its predecessor, but this time, it has a speaker equipped with Dolby processing. It has a 2.5” woofer and 0.6” tweeter to deliver crisp vocals and dynamic bass. If you’re the type of customer who’s picky with appearance, you’ll be glad to know that the Echo 2nd Gen comes in six styles – charcoal fabric, heather gray fabric, sandstone fabric, walnut finish, oak finish, and silver finish.
This smart speaker can hear you from any direction, thanks to its seven microphones, beamforming technology, and noise cancellation feature. More importantly, control smart home devices such as the Fire TV and other select devices from Sony, Logitech, and Dish. Plus, you can also control lights, locks, thermostats, and more from Philips Hue, SmartThings, WeMo, Wink, Insteon, and Nest.
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