Amazon was the first company to bet on the smart speaker market by launching the original Amazon Echo, a speaker with which you could interact using voice commands thanks to the assistant Alexa. Over the years, we have seen how the number of devices that are part of this family has expanded enormously. Since last May, Amazon began to carry out the first tests in Spain with Amazon Alexa.
Today, Amazon offers us a large number of Amazon Echo, products to cover all needs. For a few months, Alexa had started speaking Spanish, but it will not be until next October 30, when the electronic commerce giant will officially put them on sale in our country. If we want to be among the first to get hold of any of the models available in our country, we can now reserve them.
Jeff Bezzos' company puts at our disposal 5 Alexa Managed Echo Smart Speakers: Echo Dot, Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Spot and Echo Sub. Each one of them offers us different sizes to suit the space that we plan to allocate or the location that we have designed for it. It also offers us a model to be able to enjoy our music with the best possible quality, within the options that Amazon offers us, with the Echo Sub.
Do you speak Spanish well?
From Amazon they insist that Alexa in Spanish It is not a mere translation from English, but has put a team of Spaniards to work so that the assistant is able to understand and respond as we speak. In this way, we can ask him to tell us a joke, to tell us how old Perico Delgado is, to tell us a saying ...
Although it is true that he speaks and understands Spanish perfectly, he still needs to evolve to be able to recognize the different voices of users who can interact with it. To this day, if we ask what we have on the agenda for today, Alexa will respond to anyone who asks, instead of only if the person who configured the device does.
What can we do with the Amazon Echo?
Amazon's smart speakers were originally released to be a fast shopping path for the Amazon platform, but they have evolved to become an increasingly common device in the daily lives of many users.
One of the most striking features is the possibility of putting remotely control all devices that are compatible with Alexa, so that we can turn on the lights in the room, see our child's baby monitor camera (only through the Echo Spot that has a screen), open the garage door, turn on the washing machine or put the coffee maker running.
En Actualidad Gadget we have had the opportunity to test various devices Smart such as smart switch smart dimmer, plugs and led strips y sockets for bulbs that allow us to control them remotely. devices with which we can start managing some of our devices remotely directly from our smartphone or from our virtual assistant for very little money.
We can also ask you play a Spotify playlist or from Amazon Prime Music and soon we may also ask you to play a Netflix series, as long as we have the FireStick, also from Amazon.
If we do not have any smart device compatible with Alexa, the company offers us its own smart plug in the form of a pack with an Echo or independently, so that we can buy as many as necessary to start controlling our home using voice commands.
Amazon Echo Models
Echo Dot
The Echo Dot is the device more economical within the range of Amazon speakers managed by Alexa and which is intended to compete with the Google Home Mini from the search giant. It has dimensions of 99x99x43 mm, integrates a 1,6-inch speaker, has a 3,5 mm jack output, has bluetooth connection and dual-band Wi-Fi. Its usual price is 59,99 euros but it is temporarily available for only 35,99 euros.
Echo
The second model, by price and performance, that Amazon offers us is the Echo model, a device that has dimensions of 128x88x88 mm, a 0,6-inch tweeter and a 2,5-inch woofer. Have bluetooth connectivity, 3,5mm jack output and dual band Wi-Fi. Its usual price is 99,99 euros, but during this launch promotion it is available for 59,99 euros.
Echo Spot
While we wait for the model launch Echo Show, with a 7-inch screen, in Spain, Amazon offers us the Echo Spot, a 1,4-inch speaker with integrated display It has a jack connection, bluetooth and dual band Wi-Fi connection. Its usual price is 129,99 euros, but for a limited time we can get it for only 77,99 euros.
Echo Plus
The Echo Plus is the older brother of the Echo and integrates a 0,8-inch tweeter and a 3-inch woofer. It has a bluetooth connection, headphone output and dual band Wi-Fi connection. Its usual price is 149,99 euros, but during the launch promotion we can get it for only 89,99 euros.
Echo Sub
The Amazon Echo sub is intended for music lovers, well specifically those who want use your smart speaker for more than just giving instructions to Alexa. Inside the Echo Sub we find a 6-inch woofer that offers us a power of 100 watts. We could say that it is the economic alternative to HomePod from Apple. It does not have a bluetooth connection or headphone output, but a dual-band Wi-Fi connection. Its usual price is 129,99 euros and at the time of its launch, Amazon does not offer us any type of discount.
What are Alexa Skills?
Amazon Skills add functionality that allows us to personalize the experience with Alexa devices. The Skills are installed directly through the Amazon application available for mobile devices and we have a large number of them at our disposal, although at the moment the number in Spanish is limited of course.
Thanks to Skill we can ask Alexa to tell us from the front page news of the newspaper El País / El Mundo, Marca (they have their own Skin), to help us sleep, to inform us of the television programming for a specific day, to know the train times ...
They also allow us play our favorite radio stations, tell us about a recipe, practice English with Alexa, change the color of the Hue bulbs in the living room, change the heating temperature ...
Amazon Echo prices
Amazon offers us a large number of Echo models, specifically 5, with very interesting discounts If we make the reservation before they officially hit the market, next October 30.
It also puts at our disposal a series of packs, where we can find both plugs and bulbs at a more than interesting price, so it can be an excellent option to start testing the advantages offered by the possibility of being able to control certain devices using voice commands.
| Echo Dot | Echo | Echo Spot | Echo Plus | Echo Sub | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price on offer | 35.99 € | 59.99 € | 77.99 € | 89.99 € | No offer | |
| Original price | 59.99 € | 99.99 € | 129.99 € | 149.99 | 129 | 97 € |
Where to buy the Amazon Echo?
Starting today, we can reserve any of the five models that Amazon makes available to us. These products are only available on the Amazon website, so avoid as much as possible, buying these devices outside of their official channel to avoid being deceived and sold. a product that is not the original.
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