Amazon unveils Echo Buds, $129.99 Alexa-enabled wireless earbuds that track steps, with claimed battery life of five hours and 20 hours with the charging case
say the “Alexa” wake word, and you'll be able to ask any questions, just like a regular Echo. The big difference here, of course, is that they'll work outside of your house.” #VoiceFirst @verge https://www.theverge.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : I wrote “Amazon wants to set Alexa free” earlier, breaking the digital assistant outside of just your home. Amazon just went and launched Echo Buds, an Alexa ring for your fingers, and Alexa glasses. Amazon definitely wants to set Alexa free! https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Neil Cybart / @neilcybart : Amazon faces the same wireless headphone dilemma as every other company. Make them look too similar to AirPods and you are labeled a copycat. Make them look too different and they won't sell because people want to be seen wearing AirPods. pic.twitter.com/3tJJO05x8Q Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : Amazon is massively proliferating/iterating Alexa. Big companies do that. SVPs hire VPs and PMs and partnership people and products pour out of the pipe But Still not entirely clear what practical strategic value Alexa has yet. It's still option value https://www.ben-evans.com/... Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : One could say that Alexa has achieved some level of product-market fit for consumers, but not for Amazon.
“The Echo Buds will work just like any other Alexa device — say the “Alexa” wake word, and you'll be able to ask any questions, just like a regular Echo. The big difference here, of course, is that they'll work outside of your house.” #VoiceFirst @verge https://www.theverge.com/.…
I wrote “Amazon wants to set Alexa free” earlier, breaking the digital assistant outside of just your home. Amazon just went and launched Echo Buds, an Alexa ring for your fingers, and Alexa glasses. Amazon definitely wants to set Alexa free! https://www.theverge.com/... https://…
Amazon faces the same wireless headphone dilemma as every other company. Make them look too similar to AirPods and you are labeled a copycat. Make them look too different and they won't sell because people want to be seen wearing AirPods. pic.twitter.com/3tJJO05x8Q
Amazon is massively proliferating/iterating Alexa. Big companies do that. SVPs hire VPs and PMs and partnership people and products pour out of the pipe But Still not entirely clear what practical strategic value Alexa has yet. It's still option value https://www.ben-evans.com/..…