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?
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
available Alexa devices.
Supported devices Smart speakers.
- Amazon Echo
- Amazon Echo Plus
- Amazon Echo Dot
- Amazon Echo Look
- Amazon Echo Show
- Amazon Echo Spot
- Amazon Tap
- Sonos One smart speaker
- Lenovo Smart Assistant
- Harman Kardon Allure smart speaker
- Harman Kardon Astra smart speaker
- Kitsound Voice One smart speaker
- Eufy Genie (by Anker)
- Invoxia Triby
- LG SmartThinQ Hub
- Onkyo VC-FLX1 smart speaker