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Gadget Lab Podcast: Alexa, Predict the Future Where You’re Everywhere


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At the top of the news this week is the pair of new Amazon Echo products, the Tap and the Echo Dot. The former is a portable Bluetooth version of the Echo, and the latter is a squat, compact Echo that’s meant to be placed in a second location in your house. Both offer all the same voice controls, and the same instant access to Alexa.

This is a huge development for Amazon, David argues, because it puts the company squarely at the forefront of the voice-controlled smart home. It also hints at AI’s future. The hosts riff on all of this, then consider some possible ways smart-home tools can start incorporating other sensor input into their cloud-brains.

Send the hosts feedback on their personal Twitter feeds (David Pierce is @pierce, Molly McHugh is @iammollymchugh and Michael Calore is @snackfight) or bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab.

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