Echo Show to be released in
June. This is Amazon Echo with a screen.
1.
The biggest news
is the possibility that it will allow users (owners) to do something like Skype
calls between Echo Show devices, so, it will behave something like a free video phone call. It could
offer something a bit easier and different from doing the same via iPad or
iPhone or Android. A substitute for FaceTime, for example. But, unlike the phone, it would be tethered to Wi-Fi, which should make it more reliable.
2.
“With the
addition of a touchscreen, Amazon said that users will be able to watch video flash briefings and YouTube, see music lyrics, check on
security cameras, swipe through photos, view
weather forecasts, make to-do and shopping lists, and more. Far-field voice
recognition, eight microphones, beam-forming technology, and noise cancellation
allow users to be heard from anywhere in the room, as well as over loud music
coming from the Echo Show itself.” (from
the website link above0
3.
$230 is the
projected price, I think, per advance articles.
Less than the cost of some iPad models.
I
enjoy my Echo Dot – but don’t use it properly, or nearly enough. I find it is much like Siri --- and I have
Siri with me all the time, not just in one location.
A
friend of mine has a full Echo, and enjoys the music features, and a few other
features. Another friend uses the Echo
to add things to his shopping list – which then appears on his phone …
segregated by stores. For examples, he
could say “Alexa, add pork and beans to my shopping list at Trader Joes”. And, next time he is in Trader Joes, he can
use that app on his phone to see what is on the list --- saves writing down, and, if your hands are
not clean, it is much easier to speak what you need, than start (or add to) a paper
list.
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