Hit US voice-controlled speaker brings Alexa assistant to British homes with third-party app support,good sound and brilliant voice recognition Amazon’s Echo voice-controlled smart speaker is finally available in the UK, but was the wait worth it?
The Echo is one of the first devices with Amazon’s voice assistant - a rival to Apple’s Siri, and Google’s Assistant and Microsoft’s Cortana - which allows you to control music playback just by speaking to it and a whole lot more.
Pros: can nearly always hear you,mute button electrically disconnects the mics, rotating light ring obvious, or lots of third-party apps,sounds pretty good, sounds more human than any other voice assistantCons: can’t always respond the question, and always-listening object in your house,doesn’t support multiple user calendars or personal information, only one Spotify or Amazon music account can be linked at any one timeContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com