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Thursday, March 3, 2016

This Little Gadget Will Make Your Speakers Smart AF

Order pizza and request Ubers ~with your voice~.

You may have heard of an insanely well-reviewed device called the Amazon Echo, which has a personal assistant called Alexa and a speaker built-in.

You may have heard of an insanely well-reviewed device called the Amazon Echo, which has a personal assistant called Alexa and a speaker built-in.

Read my full Echo review here.

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Well, unless you live in a super tiny studio, the speaker component of the Echo is kinda... meh.

Well, unless you live in a super tiny studio, the speaker component of the Echo is kinda... meh.

At loud volumes, the audio starts to sound muddy.

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Well, Amazon just announced a new device, the Echo Dot, that lets you put the intelligence of Alexa into *any* speaker.

Well, Amazon just announced a new device, the Echo Dot, that lets you put the intelligence of Alexa into *any* speaker.

It's a HUGE deal for people who use Alexa to play a lot of music.

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The hockey-sized puck costs $90 and can do anything its big sis, the Echo, can do.

The hockey-sized puck costs $90 and can do anything its big sis, the Echo, can do.

Like recognize your voice from across the room, turn on your lights, etc.

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