Amazon teases Echo, a Bluetooth speaker and voice-activated assistant<article>
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<p>“Is there an Echo in here?” There could be soon. Amazon released a YouTube video on Thursday teasing a new product called the
Amazon Echo. It’s a cylindrical device that acts kind of like Siri for your house.</p><p><iframe src="
http://www.youtube.com/embed/KkOCeAtKHIc?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0"> </iframe></p><p>You give it a “wake word” that it listens for—the family in the video named theirs Alexa, so I hope they don’t listen to a lot of
Billy Joel—and then you can ask it to play music, look up information, set reminders, read you the news or weather, and help your kid with his homework.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2844496/amazon-teases-echo-a-bluetooth-speaker-and-voice-activated-assistant.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Amazon teases Echo, a Bluetooth speaker and voice-activated assistant
