Amazon Echo Is This Year's Perfect Lazy Gift
That means instead of pairing with a smartphone and tap-tap-tapping your way to the right Spotify playlist, you can simply shout “Alexa, play WBHM,” or “Alexa, play A Charlie Brown Christmas album” and it will. (Echo commands are triggered by the word …
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'Alexa, hit the lights': Amazon Echo adds Insteon support
Developed by Amazon as a direct Echo integration (the same approach the online retail giant took with Belkin WeMo and Philips Hue's connected home products), this means you'll be able to turn your Insteon gear on and off simply by talking to Alexa, the …
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