Echo Connect
Amazon also introduced Echo Connect, an Alexa-powered accessory that turns your existing Echo into a, “high quality, hands-free speakerphone for your home phone line.” To sum it up, Echo Connect works with your existing home phone service (landline or VoIP). When connected, without ever needing to press a single button, you can ask Alexa to call anybody from your contact list. When you call, they will see your home phone number as the caller ID. When someone you know calls your home phone, Alexa will announce their name from your contacts list, then just ask Alexa to answer the call to start the conversation.
According to Amazon, setup is incredibly easy — simply connect it to your home WiFi network and home phone jack or VoIP adapter, and use the Alexa app on your mobile phone to set up Echo Connect.
The Echo Connect is available for pre-order starting today at $34.99, with launch set for mid-December.
Echo Buttons
Last up are Echo Buttons, devices specifically made for playing games, which fall under a new category called Amazon Gadgets. Using these Echo Buttons and Alexa, users can play interactive games such as “Sounds Fun” with Mike Epps, “Buzzer Beater Basketball Trivia” with Karl-Anthony Towns, “Fourth Down Football Trivia” with Philip Rivers, and “Full Count Baseball Trivia” with Buster Posey.
Echo Buttons will come in a two-pack, priced at $19.99, and will arrive in time for the holidays in the US, UK, and Germany. As explained by Amazon, “Echo Buttons are the first of many Alexa Gadgets, a new collection of accessories that enable fun and playful Alexa experiences.”
You can sign up for updates on Amazon Gadgets and Echo Buttons by following the link below.
Echo Buttons Amazon Link
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