Amazon Echo: Everything you need to know!

Amazon's home hub assistant can 

 Voice control your music, Make calls, Get news, weather & more

 All you have to do is ask.

What is an Amazon Echo device?

Echo is a home hub speaker that connects to supported smart devices in the home. It also supports Amazon's virtual assistant, Alexa, which can connect to supported media services, productivity apps, and more. You can use it to listen to music from a separate device or directly from one of the supported connected services, like Pandora, Spotify, or Amazon Music.It is always listening for its wake word, which by default is "Alexa." Anything you say before or after saying the wake word is not sent to Amazon's servers or stored in any way, but things you say when you trigger Alexa, whether intentional or accidental, is sent to Amazon's servers and stored.

There are three models currently available in india.

Amazon Echo Dot

• Echo Dot is a hands-free smart speaker that you control using your voice. It connects to Alexa - a cloud based voice service to play music, make calls, check weather and news, set alarms, control smart home devices, and much more.
• Echo Dot includes a built-in speaker. It can also connect to external speakers or headphones through Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable.
• Just ask for a song, artist, or genre from your favourite music services like Amazon Prime Music, Saavn, and TuneIn. Using multi-room music, you can even play music across multiple Echo devices at the same time.
• With seven microphones, beam-forming technology, and noise cancellation, Echo Dot hears you from any direction-even in noisy environments or while playing music.
• Call or message anyone hands-free who also has an Echo device or the Alexa App. Simply ask "Alexa, how do I set up calling?" to get started.
• Controls lights, plugs, and more with compatible connected devices from Philips, Syska, TP-Link and Oakter.
• Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills. Just ask Alexa to order food from Zomato, request a ride from Ola, book a carpenter from Urbanclap, and more.

Amazon Echo

• Amazon Echo is a hands-free smart speaker that you control using your voice. It connects to Alexa - a cloud based voice service to play music, make calls, check weather and news, set alarms, control smart home devices, and much more.

• Echo has powerful speakers that fill the room with immersive 360° omnidirectional audio, and deliver crisp vocals and dynamic bass response.

• Just ask for a song, artist, or genre from your favourite music services like Amazon Prime Music, Saavn, and TuneIn. Using multi-room music, you can even play music across multiple Echo devices at the same time.

• Amazon Echo has a 2.5” downward-firing woofer and 0.6” tweeter powered by Dolby to deliver crisp vocals and dynamic bass throughout the room. If you are a Prime member, you already have access to Amazon Prime Music- just ask for your favourite artist or song, or request a specific genre or mood. You can also search for music by album, decade, or let Alexa pick the music for you.

Amazon Echo Plus 

• Echo Plus has powerful speakers that fill the room with immersive 360° omnidirectional audio, and deliver crisp vocals and dynamic bass response.
• Just ask for a song, artist, or genre from your favourite music services like Amazon Prime Music, Saavn, and TuneIn. Using multi-room music, you can even play music across multiple Echo devices at the same time.
• With seven microphones, beam-forming technology, and noise cancellation, Echo Plus hears you from any direction-even in noisy environments or while playing music.
• Call or message anyone hands-free who also has an Echo device or the Alexa App. Simply ask "Alexa, how do I set up calling?" to get started.
• Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills. Just ask Alexa to order food from Zomato, request a ride from Ola, book a carpenter from Urbanclap, and more.

Comparison

That's all about it.

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