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Amazon's New Echo Adds Touch Screen and Video-Conferencing
Will the new Echo Show cement Amazon's first-mover advantage over Google and Apple?
First Impressions of Amazon's Echo Show
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Amazon Inc.'s voice-activated Echo speakers already tell you things. Now, they can show you stuff, too.
On Tuesday, the Seattle-based giant unveiled the Echo Show, which features a seven-inch touch screen that can pull up calendar appointments, display music lyrics, play videos and a lot more. Bloomberg reported on the new device last November. The Echo Show will cost $229 when it goes on sale in late June, $50 more than the current high-end model. The debut follows last month's introduction of the Echo Look, which can evaluate a user's wardrobe. Including the two new entrants, Amazon will have five products in the Echo lineup, all powered by the Alexa digital assistant.