Amazon Announces Echo's Show, Lowers Prime Shipping Fees
Amazon continued its migration of the Echo product line Tuesday with an Alexa-based touch-screen videophone called Show, while introducing an Alexa-based calling and messaging feature allowing Alexa app and Echo users to send and retrieve messages via voice command. It…
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also lowered non-Prime free shipping, now available for orders of $25 or more on eligible products, a $10 drop. Show adds to the capabilities of the Echo speaker a video touch screen that lets users view “flash briefings,” YouTube, music lyrics, connected security cameras, photos, weather forecasts, and to-do and shopping lists -- all voice-controllable by Alexa. Users can also access services including Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn and iHeartRadio. The company didn’t comment.