Just put one in my own car and am starting to understand how it interacts with the smart home experience. Its started to roll more broadly now as I hear colleagues chime in. In this case Amazon is well behind, with the usual competitors and car companies. Good article on the complexity involved here. Cheap and easy to use 'Echo Auto' gets the process started for those that already understand the basic infrastructure. The new location channel for shopping is an intriguing step.
The article below contains an extensive article that follows a demo of what Amazon is developing and how they plan to connect the methods to mobility in general.
Inside Amazon’s long game to put Alexa in your car
Competing with Apple and Google when you don’t have your own smartphone platform is tough. But Amazon has a plan—and lots of patience. By Mark Sullivan in Fastcompany
The demo house Amazon built inside one of the towers at its Seattle headquarters to show off its Echo smart speakers has a new room, and an important one: a garage.
Inside the garage is a concept electric car—or, more specifically, the immobile insides of such a vehicle—that Amazon uses to show automakers the full spectrum of things its Alexa Auto software platform can do. That includes in-car versions of typical Alexa tasks such as audio streaming, messaging, voice calls, and reminders. And because it’s a car, Alexa can also do things like roll the windows up and down and control the cabin temperature, all at the verbal request of the driver.
Amazon has been working hard on Alexa Auto for the past two years. Now it hopes to convince automakers to embed the platform into their new cars. .... "
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