Sunday, September 29, 2019

Amazon Alexa Everywhere

Stacey on IoT | Amazon's services strategy is great for IoT

Everything we care about from the Alexa event - Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis

"Amazon and smart home businesses launched more than a dozen new devices at an event on Wednesday. The company also shared an eye-popping statistic: There are now 85,000 devices that incorporate Amazon's digital assistant Alexa. You can buy twerking bears, Christmas trees, kitchen scales, light bulbs, and more that link back to Amazon's digital assistant. A year ago, you could buy about 4,000 such devices,"


"Eyeglasses frames" for talking and listening (connected to phone), $180
(that used to be called headphones or earbuds :)



They are likely using same or similar "bone conduction technology" to transfer sound.

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