Amazon just threw its big Echo event, and while the company announced a massive slate of hardware that touches almost every aspect of our connected lives, the most interesting part was what wasn’t there — new Alexa hardware. Instead (with a few exceptions, which we’ll get into) most of Amazon’s event was focused on either enhancements to existing Echo products, or offering new ways to expand or extend the Echo into new areas or fields.
And that’s largely because, at this point in time, there just aren’t a whole lot more form factors or devices that you can really add Alexa to and still be useful. Or, to put it another way: The era of new Echos is over. But the age of Echo accessories is just taking off.
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