Amazon Echo speaker

The Amazon Echo is an attractively designed speaker, and its voice-control system, anchored by soothing and smooth-sounding “Alexa,” works well within its current limited scope. The speaker’s Wi-Fi setup is relatively straightforward, and you can also directly connect to the speaker via Bluetooth. Amazon has continued to add useful features since the product was first launched.

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• Plays all your music from Prime Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more using just your voice
• Fills the room with immersive, 360º omni-directional audio
• Allows hands-free convenience with voice-control
• Hears you from across the room with far-field voice recognition, even while music is playing
• Answers questions, reads audiobooks and the news, reports traffic and weather, gives info on local businesses, provides sports scores and schedules, and more with Alexa, a cloud-based voice service
• Controls lights and switches with compatible WeMo, Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, Wink, Insteon, and other smart home devices
• Always getting smarter and adding new features and skills–over 95 added since launch