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Amazon amplifies its Alexa line of voice-controlled devices
SAN FRANCISCO – Amazon.com is introducing two devices designed to amplify the role its voice-controlled assistant Alexa plays in people’s homes and lives.
The products unveiled Thursday are echoes of Amazon’s Echo, a cylinder-shaped speaker with Internet-connected microphones that became Alexa’s first major showcase when it debuted in 2014.
The devices are the Amazon Tap and Echo Dot. They cost less than the $180 Echo and offer slightly different features in an attempt to plant Amazon’s Internet-connected microphones in more homes and other places.
The Amazon Tap is a smaller, “grab-and-go” version of the Echo that runs on a rechargeable battery. It sells for $130.
The Echo Dot is a device shaped like a hockey puck that sells for $90. Unlike the Echo, the Dot can be plugged into other sound systems.
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