Need information fast or want to get music started quickly? Just ask Amazon Echo, a new device which is designed around your voice, is hands-free, and always on. Just say the wake word, “Alexa”. You can ask for information, music, news, traffic, weather and more from across the room and get results instantly. Echo uses far-field voice recognition with an array of seven microphones to hear you clearly around the room. Alexa- the brain behind Echo- is built into the cloud, so it is always getting smarter and adding more functions. Echo uses on-device keyword spotting to detect the wake word; when detect, it lights up and streams audio to the cloud, where it leverages the power of Amazon Web Services to recognize and respond to your request. Plus, in addition to streaming music from the cloud, Echo is Bluetooth-enabled so your can stream other popular music services like Spotify or iTunes from your phone or tablet.
PRODUCT: AMAZON ECHO
TARGET USERS: Consumers interested in the connected home, internet of things, the latest in technology
PRIMARY FEATURES:
-Easy setup- connects to your home network guided by the free companion app on Fire OS, Android, iOS, and desktop browsers
-Responds to your voice when you say the wake word “Alexa”- it’s always ready to go, connected, and fast to answer
-Control compatible Wink, WeMo, and Philips Hue devices with your voice
-Play audiobooks from Audible; supports WhisperSync for Voice
-Check your upcoming schedule by asking what’s on your Google calendar
-Hear commute time and the fastest route to your destination (you can save addresses for it to check- such as work address)
-Listen to music from Pandora’s library of over 1 million tracks, to your Amazon Music Library, Prime Music, TuneIn and iHeartRadio
-Bluetooth-enabled so you can stream other popular music services such as Spotify and iTunes from your phone or tablet
-Delivers crisp vocals with dynamic bass respons; dual downward-firing speakers produce 360 degree omni-directional audio
-Hear up-to-the-minute weather and news from a variety of sources, such as local radio stations, NPR, and ESPN from TuneIn
-Get information from Wikipedia such as definitions, answers to common questions and more
-Ask for sports scors and schedules from the NFL, NBA, MLS, MLB and more
-Restock on previously purchased items by re-ordering Prime-eligible products in your Amazon shopping history
-Stay on time and organized with voice-controlled alarms, timers, shopping lists, and to-do lists
PRICING/OPTIONS/AVAILABILITY:
-Suggested retail price $179.99
-Available for pre-order now, will start shipping July 14
-For more information: amazon.com/echo
