Amazon Echo, a competitor, a competitor to Siri and Google Now

Amazon Echo is a new device that will enter living rooms from Amazon to act as a voice assistant that answers your questions and carries out the tasks you ask of it. It is like Siri and Google Now, but it is a real device and not an application on your phone.

The device can perform many tasks as it connects to the Internet to fetch information from it. Through it, you can learn about the weather, ask to set a timer, or even an alarm to wake you up. You can also ask it whatever you want, or even ask it to tell you a joke or play a playlist You can even stream songs from your phone or tablet via Bluetooth to act as a wireless speaker.

The device carries seven high-sensitivity microphones inside it distributed over 360 degrees, so it can pick up voice commands from any angle, and there is no need to raise your voice, as it hears you even if you are far away in the same room.

The keyword for the Amazon device is Alexa, where you have to say it before it starts listening to your commands, and the device is constantly learning and storing that knowledge and habits in the cloud so that it becomes smarter with more interaction.

Amazon will later launch applications for smartphones, especially Android and Fire OS, to deal with the device, which will be available for sale at a price of $ 199 for a limited time, and Prime subscribers can get it at a price of $ 99, and the sale is currently available through the invitation system only.

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