The newer version of the Echo will “fit comfortably in the palm of a user’s hand, like a beer can”. It will charge using a docking station and voice commands will be limited to “push-button”. [image] Smaller and cheaper Amazon Echo is reportedly coming soon Amazon is reportedly planning t…

yea, with the audio playing from both the receiver and echo, I then select airplay for my other areas in the house to have the whole house on the same song. like sonos on steroids

This thing is going to be the 1st 3rd party device to get Echo support. It’s interesting, though not for 200 and not without Android support http://www.invoxia.com/en/triby [image] It has wifi voip via the app and you can send little scribbled messages to it from the app. Bit of a novelty but in…

All you need is a amazon firetv and you can use your phone to launch Alexa on the Amazon firetv from your cell phone. No need for this push button echo with a fireTV

you’ve already got an Alexa phone app. Why not have the Alexa phone app give spoken input to the Echo system, and output responses to the phone? I guess I’m asking, why does Alexa even need a physical presence in the home?

[image] ero4444: I guess I’m asking, why does Alexa even need a physical presence in the home? Far Field voice recognition with seamless speaker integration. But I don’t think that this smaller cheaper echo that doesn’t have always listening is necessary at all.

[image] schapper05: Far Field voice recognition with seamless speaker integration. I can’t understand why people continue to dismiss the significant role that Amazon Echo’s sophisticated hardware plays in their success.

Exactly. I’ve been waiting for some form of extension voice module, that was NOT push-button, rather that you can scatter a few around the house, and walk from room to room, issuing voice commands WITHOUT any physical contact. Right now you can only link a single push button remote… I’d go for mu…

[image] bkp100: actly. I’ve been waiting for some form of extension voice module, that was NOT push-button, rather that you can scatter a few around the house, and walk from room to room, issuing voice commands WITHOUT any physical contact. Right now you can only link a single push button remo…

You could buy the Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote. The remote is essentially a portable push-button module… Just make sure the device has power and you should be all set. Normal price on this is $50. They do drop to $40-45 sometimes when the regular one drops down to $35.

[image] diehllane: You could buy the Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote. The remote is essentially a portable push-button module… Just make sure the device has power and you should be all set. I use a Fire TV stick in this manner as well. The downside it you get no voice feedback, you lose a lot…

New smaller/cheaper Amazon Echo reported to be released soon

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schapper05 (Jason) March 3, 2016, 3:45pm 31

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New smaller/cheaper Amazon Echo reported to be released soon

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