The regular Echo (3rd Gen) smart speaker is back and it`s better than ever.
When I say the words `Amazon Echo,` what`s the first image that pops into your head? I bet that despite five years of new products and iterations to existing ones, the iconic Amazon Echo image (or even, dare I say it, that of Alexa herself) is this one below — the original, black, plasticky tube. Heck, I write about Echoes for my job, and this is still the image that pops into my head when I hear that word. Granted, it is probably because that original Echo from five years ago still sits prominently in my living room and still gets used every day.
Amazon has long since moved on from this original form factor to create an entire line of smart speakers and screens under the Echo brand name in the half-decade since the original Echo`s launch. Yet despite all that innovation and change, the company has kept the `regular` Echo in the lineup (or at least, the original name). Last refreshed with the second...
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