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A smart speaker is a type of loudspeaker and voice command device with an integrated virtual assistant that offers interactive actions and hands-free activation with the help of one "wake word". Some
Original Google Home smart speaker, released in 2016
Original Google Home Hub (now known as the Nest Home Hub), released in 2018.
The Amazon Echo Show smart speaker in white
Amazon Echo
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Amazon Echo, often shortened to Echo, is a brand of smart speakers developed by Amazon. Echo devices connect to the voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant service, Alexa, which responds to a
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…which used multiple microphones and cloud software to power hands-free interactions from across a room. The first commercial smart speaker was the Amazon Echo, which was released in 2014 powered by Alexa and a ring of far-field microphones. Google followed in 2016 with Home, powered by Google Assistant. By…
Amazon Echo unpacked, January 2015
Amazon Echo 2nd gen
The first-generation Amazon Echo
A microphone (center) and two LEDs (left and right) inside an Echo Dot