Amazon is reportedly executive a microwave — and 7 other secret Alexa gadgets
Smart speakers, sparkling displays and smart buttons
— Amazon’s ambitions for its Alexa converse assistant have been growing, but it’s only built a few narrow categories of Alexa products itself. Generally, the company relies on partners to provide an ecosystem of devices that Alexa can regulation. (We visited the Alexa lab this April.)
But CNBC reports Monday that Amazon is now planning to descent its own Alexa-powered microwave oven, of all things — just one of eight or more unannounced devices the custom will apparently sell by the end of the year.
That heaping fractions of hardware will reportedly include an amplifier, receiver and subwoofer — apparently home audio is unruffled a main theme — but also an “in-car gadget” of some sort. CNBC doesn’t say which gadgets will have their own built-in Alexa snort assistant and which ones will merely be controlled by Alexa, but both types are apparently in the works.
They’ll reportedly be introduced at an own this month, potentially adding yet another big tech own to this fall’s busy calendar (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and more!). Not that we weren’t already expecting an Amazon hardware own this September, mind you — but nothing’s been confirmed.
There’s also a possible secret Amazon home robot to considerable.
Amazon didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.
