Amazon's Alexa assistant has so far been a vocal affair ,the simple AI assistant , designed to home in on your voice commands - even from across the next room was a smart and bold project which would get Amazon into the smart home world . The Echo , followed by the Echo dot has been mostly to test waters , but now the company is set to work on a even more intergrated affair thanks to the addition of a display and a fully connected "Digital frame " of sorts with the new Echo Show . The device , designed to look like a smart speaker head-unit , features a 7" HD touchscreen , a 5MP front facing camera , dual stereo speakers , 9 microphones and wifi + bluetooth support sounds a bit like your typical Fire tablet , but unlike your slate , this unit is set to sit on your table with the intention of giving you weather , news (CNN) , video streaming (youtube , twitch?) And stream music from spotify , Amazon music , Tunein ,iheartradio and pandora ...
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