After making the Amazon Echo Show 5 official, the American group continues to work on new models for its connected family of speakers. And according to information from Bloomberg, Jeff Bezos’ firm would be working on a high-end focused product that would compete with Sonos devices powered by ‘Alexa assistant’ alongside Apple’s HomePod, Google Home Max.
Amazon wants a high-end Echo smart speaker to compete with HomePod and Google Home Max
According to the report, the speaker will be larger than the screenless Echos already available. This will make it possible to integrate four tweeters, these speakers that produce high sound frequencies. The goal is to significantly improve sound quality, which is one of the weak points of the range compared to current competition. Until now, Amazon’s strategy has been to be very aggressive on prices in order to appeal to the general public and expand its ecosystem as much as possible. The company now wants to appeal to more demanding consumers.
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According to several sources on the subject, this premium Echo connected speaker should launch in 2020. Also, do not forget that a domestic robot is in preparation. Obviously, Amazon wants to invade our home. It would be equipped with wheels that allow it to move thanks to Alexa and could be controlled by voice. In March 2018, Amazon made the idea of a humanoid robot running Alexa public. But it is not ready yet and we are certainly far from commercialization today.
Source : Bloomberg
