Amazon Echo Dot gives you a voice-controlled smart home for only $90
 

Amazon Echo Dot gives you a voice-controlled smart home for only $90
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**body saw it coming. While Apple and Google were busy trying to beat each other to the smart home with HomeKit and Nest, respectively, Amazon snuck in from **where with the Echo and its Alexa voice assistant and embarrassed them both.

When I reviewed it last year the Echo could only do a handful of things like play music, read the news, tell you the weather and set timers. Today, the Echo's a full-featured, voice-activated smart home hub thanks to all the third-party devices and services that can connect to it.

See also: The best smart devices that work with the Amazon Echo and the new Tap


The Echo's success pushed Amazon to put Alexa in more devices and **w she's available in the Fire TV, Fire TV Stick and two new devices: the Tap (read my review here) and Echo Dot. Read more...

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