At
a mega launching event of Seattle in United States, Amazon unveiled a
bunch of latest devices, as well appliances empowered by Alexa, a
virtual intelligent assistant service feature, on Thursday. Few of those
appliances and devices are recently available in India and some of
others will come soon. The innovative integration of Alexa makes these
devices and appliances more convenient and compatible for the users. The
specific integration of Alexa voice services scopes the user to fulfill
their wish or direction through speech which is initiates a new
methodology of communication between users and devices.
Here is a specified glimpse of the latest devices and appliances commenced at the mega event of Amazon in Seattle.
Latest Echo Dot
Amazon
introduced at this event their best-selling smart speaker Echo Dot
which is presented with a refurbished corporal design of 1.7 inch driver
to mesmerize the users with striking sound. As a smartest hands-free
speaker it is included with a in-built speaker. It can be connected with
the other external speakers through the bluetooth and audio apps and
with headphones through the 3.5 mm stereo cable. The configuration of
Alexa — a cloud based voice communication service assistance facilitates
the user by giving scope to play music, check news, sports scores and
weather, make calls , set alarms and more instantly. Echo Dot holds the
simple settings and controlling units. The users simply need the Alexa
App available in their iOS or Android phones, one plug point and
reliable WiFi connection with minium 512 Kbps speed.Users just have to
plug in Echo Dot for connecting to a reliable power source and nextly,
have to open Alexa App for connecting to WiFi and then ask for any
music , information and more functionalities. Echo Dot is able to
diversely entertain the users by playing music according to their
favourite artist, genre from various kinds of popular music services
such as Amazon Prime Music, Tunein and Saavn. Users can also enjoy the
louder music by using the multi-room music feature. Besides robust
integration of seven microphones along with beam-formation technology
makes Echo Dot able to catch the direction or commands of user even in a
noisy environment by effective noise cancellation methodology. In US,
Echo Dot is available at $49.99 price tag and it is also available for
pre-order at Rs. 4,499 in India.
New Generation Echo Show
At
the Seattle event Amazon presented a redesigned Echo Show integrated
with a larger screen, fabric finishing and more vivid sound capability.
It distinctly incorporates 8-mic array and a HD display of 10-inch
dimension. Empowered by Dolby, Echo Show delivers more fine-tuned,
crispy, as well as expansive sound. Echo Show is also integrated with
flexible browsers like Firefox and Amazon silk. Echo Show makes the mood
of the users more refreshing by answering the questions along with
graphical images. A set of developing feature named Alexa Presentation
Language allow the users to make the innovative presentations applying
their visual skills.It also integrates a latest API known as Alexa
Doorbell API through which when anybody rings doorbell it instantly
appears in the screen of Echo Show. In UK, US and Japan Echo Show is
revealed with $229.99 price tag and it will come in India in early next
year.
Amazon Smart Plug
Empowered
by Alexa, Amazon Smart Plug allows the users to control the electrical
appliances like lights and coffee makers. Like a normal plug this smart
plug also have to connect to the wall power point outlet but the
difference is it is enkindled by the Alexa App. Users have to
differentiate each smart plug connection via Alexa with specific name,
so that the plug for living room, washroom, AC can have specific id and
Alexa system can specifically activate or deactivate them according to
the user’s voice commands. The Amazon Smart Plug will start shipping
with $24.99 price tag from October 2018.
Meet Alexa
Alexa
is a cloud based voice communicating application which assists the
Amazon’s latest devices to work as per the virtual command of the users.
As more the users use the devices as Alexa adopts the pattern of their
directions or commands and delivers the standard output. In all the
latest Amazon devices like Echo Show, Echo Dot, Amazon Smart Plug, the
integration of Alexa application has facilitates the users with lots of
multi-functional features such as music and entertainments, calling and
messaging, news and information, questions and answers, smart home, fun
staff , shopping, Alexa skills and more.
Alexa
scopes the users to listen music from the renowned online music portal
such as Amazon Prime Music, Tunein and Saavn. The prime members of
Amazon can listen millions of add-free songs of any genre, albums and
artist. The user simply have to open the Alexa app and select
‘settings’ — ‘Music and Media’ and then choose default music services.
The
users can get flash brief of various news updates of sports, weather
and more from the renowned sources like Aaj Tak, NDTV, Times of India
and more. Alexa also capable to guide the users to find movie in the
nearby theater hall and search the nearest restaurants along with the
phone numbers, address and business hours.
Alexa
application makes life smarter as it works as a innovative and prompt
calling and messaging platform. The users only have to open Alexa app
and they direct the app to call someone, as well as command the app to
send voice message to anyone. Through the Alexa app the users can
announce any sentence to inform rest of the family members like ‘Dinner
is ready and more.
Alexa
can help the users to maintain their daily schedule in diverse way
through the various multi-functional features such as timers and alarms,
calendars, to-do lists and more.
The
additional feature of Alexa known as Alexa skills scopes the users to
order foods from Zomato, Swiggy and to book a ride from Ola, Uber and
call a plumber from Just Dial.
Therefore,
the largest and most popular online retail portal has stepped forward
to make the daily life more flexible and updated.
Author From The News Broadcasting Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. TNBCLive
is an Indian online news website company that provides a wide range of
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Originally published at saikatgh.wordpress.com on October 20, 2018.
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