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Amazon Launches Second-Gen Upgrade of Echo Dot

Amazon took its Echo Dot voice control device to the next level Wednesday with announcement of a new $49 price and beefed-up features. Amazon described Dot as an Echo sidekick that “gives you access to all of Alexa’s capabilities,” including…

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answering questions, playing music, turning on lights and setting timers, giving information and accessing over 3,000 Alexa skills. Version two has the seven-mic array that's in Echo and can “hear you from across the room, even when it’s noisy or music is playing,” Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said.