Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Amazon’s new Echo Plus doubles as a smart home hub

It’s a day of Echo speakers: Amazon just announced a new Echo Plus speaker, in addition to a second-generation Echo and Echo Connect speaker phone.

The new Echo Plus is set apart, though: its abilities double as a smart home hub, one that connects to various wireless protocols to set up and control connected home gadgets and appliances.

The Echo Plus was built with Amazon’s “second-generation far-field microphones,” said Dave Limp, Amazon’s senior vice president of devices. It has the same 360-degree sound as previous Echo speakers, but with one key addition: it supports Dolby sound.

In a demonstration of the Echo Plus’ smart home capabilities, Limp used Alexa, Amazon’s voice-controlled assistant, to tell the Echo Plus to “discover...

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16375116/amazon-echo-plus-speaker-alexa-annnounced-smart-home-hub

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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/09/amazons-new-echo-plus-doubles-as-smart.html

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