During record-breaking holiday, Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa remote were #1 and #2 top sellers with “tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices” sold
And what that might mean for Apple's HomePod Alex Cranz / Gizmodo : Google's mixed 2017 hardware launches, from the stellar Pixelbook to the average Pixel 2 and awful Pixel Buds, highlight why it's losing ground to rivals Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Amazon's Alexa app hits the top of the App Store for the first time Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : LG ThinQ Speaker With Google Assistant Announced Christina Bonnington / Slate : Amazon Owns the Smart Speaker Space David Gewirtz / ZDNet : Alexa, more cowbell: 18 silly (but fun) Amazon Echo commands Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat : Early indicators of Amazon Echo and Google Home holiday sales highlight cost of Apple's HomePod delay Travis Pope / Gotta Be Mobile : 9 Best Echo Dot Accessories Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : Amazon's Alexa App Tops U.S. App Store for First Time; Google Home Hits No. 4 in Canada Vincent Lanaria / Tech Times : Christmas Shoppers Wanted The Echo Dot And Made It The Top-Selling Amazon Product This Holiday Brent Dirks / AppAdvice.com : Amazon Alexa App Rises to No. 1 on the US App Store Charts Emily Price / Fortune : Amazon's Alexa Finally Made It to the Top of Apple's App Store Charts April Berthene / Digital Commerce 360 : Amazon rings in its largest holiday season ever Dennis Green / Business Insider : Amazon's ‘golden jewel’ had an incredible holiday PYMNTS.com : Alexa Tops Apple's App Store Daring Fireball : Holiday Sales for Amazon Devices Stephanie Mlot / Geek.com : Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick Top Amazon's ‘Record’ Holiday Shopping Season Denisse Moreno / International Business Times : Apple vs. Amazon: Echo Dot Holiday Sales Soar While HomePod Still M.I.A. Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors : Amazon's Alexa App Climbed to #1 on the iOS App Store's Top Free Chart After Christmas Ashley Rodriguez / Quartz : Amazon sold more Echo Dots than any other item over the holidays Chris Smith / BGR : Apple has lost the smart speaker war before it even began Bret Kinsella / Voicebot : Echo Dot Top Selling Product on Amazon During Holiday 2017 Raymond Wong / Mashable : The smart home is officially here, as proven by popular holiday gifts Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Here's what the people behind Alexa's skills get paid Paul Hill / Neowin : Amazon Prime got four million new users over the holidays Peter Holden / TalkAndroid.com : More than 4 million shoppers signed up to Amazon Prime during the holiday season Trevor Mogg / Digital Trends : Amazon reveals its biggest hit this holiday season, and it involves Alexa Firstpost : Amazon claims ‘2017 Holiday Season’ sale was a record-breaking one; Echo Dot sold the most followed by Fire TV Seung Lee / SiliconBeat : Amazon hits the Christmas jackpot as “tens of millions” of Echo devices sold BGR India : Echo Dot, Fire TV stick top-selling products during holiday season: Amazon Tweets: @stevesi : Looking forward to seeing what partners are showing at CES. Last year shouts to “Alexa” could be heard at all corners of the show but seems of questionable use. PS Still going to CES even though it is cool to say “skipping”. http://twitter.com/... Ted Hope / @tedhope : In one week alone, more than four million people started Amazon Prime free trials or began paid memberships http://www.businesswire.com/ ...