Smart speaker wars: As Amazon moves up, Sonos moves out
Voice agents like Alexa have already caused Sonos to rethink its product line. Now, it's looking beyond the home as Amazon starts to go for its throat with the Echo Studio.
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Backed to Business: Amazon asks us to help Build It
For years, Kickstarter and Indiegogo have dominated the device crowdfunding space. Now, Amazon is entering the fray with gadgets it will make if people vote with their wallets.
Amazon's Echo Loop discreetly wraps Alexa around your finger
Compared to pricey but sleek smart rings that track activity, Amazon's Echo Loop is a chunky one-trick pony, but one that provides a great personal mobile Alexa interaction that could ring up wearable success.
Amazon's new dock turns its tablets into an Echo Show
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Echo Look brings a camera into your bedroom, asks what you're wearing
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Amazon Go, Cafe X show a future of retail automation
The two futuristic retail experiences offer a contrast in how advanced tech can be used to prepare beverages on the spot as well as eliminate the scourge of the checkout line. But humans are still in the picture for now.