Nicely done Verge piece over viewing what Amazon's hardware announcements yesterday would seem to mean. Taking over the home and all its needs? With links to many of the devices, and to other related Amazon projects, some I had not heard of. The AmazonBasics Microwave has been the most mentioned as an odd example of filling smart home requirements. Does it need a voice interface? Only rarely. Amazon is very willing to experiment with hardware offers, even those that compete with other current partners. Still does not seem to to be a large reaction to Amazon having too much a share of the Smart Home.
It’s Amazon’s home, and we’re just living in it
Amazon masters the A to Z of Alexa storytelling
By Thomas Ricker in TheVerge
Yesterday’s “surprise” Amazon event was a stunning display of bravado from the so-called everything store. It gave us the clearest view yet of what Amazon’s home operating system will look like. The interface is your voice, and the hardware is everything you see around you. The peripherals are standard household items that are embedded with invisible microphones and integrated together through software and a vast array of interconnecting services .... "
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