Amazon Echo…..how intelligent it is !!!

Alexa, the brain behind Amazon Echo, is built in the cloud, is a smarter assistant in form of a smart speakers. The more you use Echo, the more it adapts to your speech patterns and vocabulary. Using Alexa is as simple as just asking a question – You just ask and Alexa will respond instantly. In other ways it is a super computer in a miniature form.

This Amazon Device is now available in more than 350 retail outlets such as Croma, Reliance, Vijay Sales and Crossword among others across 20 cities in India. It will also be available at the Amazon devices kiosk in Bengaluru and Mumbai. Going forward, Amazon is also introducing voice calling and messaging capabilities to its voice assistant Alexa, enabling users with an Echo device or Alexa mobile app to call or message their contacts who also have either an Echo device or the Alexa mobile app.

Amazon Prime members get access to Amazon Prime Music, an ad-free music streaming service. You can also order millions of products using only voice and Alexa can even track your delivery for you. The beauty of Alexa is, the device is now able to pronounce complex Indian names accurately in local accents. Most important is the product is so advanced in terms of technology like, machine learning algorithms that it can underpin many technologies that we interact with in our everyday lives - voice recognition, face recognition, behaviour study, buying pattern and it is up to suggested need based services....Read More