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Reports: Google developing a smart speaker with a 7 inch display (to compete with Amazon’s Echo Show)

Amazon’s Echo line of products powered by the Alexa voice service has ballooned since the first Echo was unveiled in 2014. Now there’s the Echo Dot, Echo Look, and Echo Show. And this week the company launched the Echo Spot, 2nd-gen Echo, and Echo Plus, among other things. Google, meanwhile, has… Google Home. But that […]

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Alexa Voice Service goes visual with launch of Display Cards

Amazon is getting ready to ship its first Echo device with a built-in display. Powered by the company’s Alexa Voice Service, the new Amazon Echo Show will be able to do everything other Echo products can, plus let you make voice and video calls, monitor security camera feeds, and view text and images to go […]

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Fun fact: Amazon’s Echo devices run Android-based OS

You probably know that Amazon’s Fire tablet run a modified version of Google Android called Fire OS. People have been hacking Amazon tablets for years to make them more… Android-like, by sideloading apps, installing the Play Store, or even replacing Fire OS with custom ROMs. But did you know that Amazon’s Echo line of smart […]

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Amazon Echo Show’s coolest features are also its creepiest

The new Amazon Echo Show is basically an Echo with a display… and a camera. The display lets you do things like watch videos or see news, stock price, traffic, or weather updates, among other things. But it’s the camera which really makes the $230 Echo Show different from most of Amazon’s previous devices. Because now in […]

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Amazon Echo Show with touch display launches for $230 (pre-order now, ships in June)

As expected, Amazon is adding a new Echo device to its line of products featuring the Alexa voice service. The Amazon Echo Show can do everything the company’s other smart speakers can… but it also has a 7 inch touchscreen display and a camera, which allow it to do even more. For example, you can […]