I just bought a new smart speaker, the Amazon Echo, and I love it.  Do you have one yet?
I've never used or bought one. I've seen the Amazon echo on commercials though. Do you watch television?
I do.  I actually use Alexa on the Amazon Echo to control my whole house automation system, including my TV.  I just say "Alexa turn on my TV" and it happens.  Awesome!
That's so cool. What else can you tell Alex to do? Can she talk back to you?
She does talk back a little bit, but not like a conversation.  She basically just repeats what I say.  I use it to play music, make lists, listen to my podcasts.  Pretty much everything.
That's interesting. Crazy how far technology has gone. Alexa seems like a really useful tool for media.
, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, and playing audiobooks, in addition to providing weather, traffic and other real-time information. It can also control several smart devices, acting as a home automation hub.
According to confirmed reports, Amazon started developing Echo devices inside its Lab126 offices in Silicon Valley and in Cambridge, Massachusetts as early as 2010. The device represented one of Amazon's first attempts to expand its device portfolio beyond the Kindle e-reader. The Echo featured prominently in Amazon's first-ever Super
Amazon Alexa
Amazon Alexa, known simply as Alexa, is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon, first used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot smart speakers developed by Amazon Lab126. It is capable of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing weather, traffic, sports, and other real-time information, such as news. Alexa can also control several smart devices using itself as a home automation system. Users are able to