Amazon Echo

The Updated 2017 Guide

Meet the Echo, the newest hardware from Amazon's ever-growing product line. Sleek black and about as tall as two cans of beans, Echo would appear to be just a fancy voice-controlled speaker at first glance.

This is before you meet Alexa, the AI genie living within this shell. This sets the Echo apart from the competition of virtual assistants housed in phones and personal devices. Instead, Echo targets the household experience -- being anywhere in your living space anytime you need it.