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Hi all came cross some news

The Echo Dot is about to get some competition from Google Home

When Google released their Google Homeshow?id=FVfQlqZpORo&bids=492045.5578849&type=2&subid=0 voice assistant speaker last fall, it was well received; proving to be a fierce competitor and rival to Amazon’s Echo line and their Alexa voice assistant. And although the $129 price of the Google Home was lower than the original Echo’s $179 price point, many noted that Google lacked an Echo Dot-like competitor; holding back adoption of the Google Assistant in the homes of consumers on the fence over home voice assistants. The Echo Dot has been a winning success for Amazon: it’s $49.99 price serves as a low-cost entry point verging on almost impulse buy; leading Alexa into millions of homes (and allowing owners to turn their homes into impressive, almost futuristic smart homes with ease).

And now, it looks like Google is set to introduce an Echo Dot-like version of the Google Home that is bound to heat up the home voice assistant war.

According to Android Police, Google is set to introduce a mini version of Google Home at the company’s annual Fall keynote; the same event where last year Google Home had its pricing and release date announced. No pricing or additional details for the mini Google Home were disclosed, but we think it’s quite possible that Google might borrow heavily from the design of the Chromecast or integrate it with Chromecast-like features. Regardless, it looks like we will only have to wait a few more weeks to find out.

 

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Hi all some news came cross

IKEA smart lights now play nicely with Apple HomeKit

 

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Hi all

There big z wave convention come to the US 

here the link 

 

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Hi all just reading throw some articles came cross this Best Philips Hue Alternatives in 2017: Light Up Your Home Smartly link.  https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecrazybuyers.com%2Fbest-philips-hue-alternatives%2F&h=ATOBiulzFypGu0ZtQpHW-uCpwJIwpdUFtlM8vZ5iADh2Bvg-OFeGUuOX5JILUGY5sztqXuXVbYOAPJmMydtzCqesVzbMCOBlyV9tK5B_4kZswLuKsNQXyQ_0t9fA8h2ZO_lAL_9pmaf9aR6wG-iK-CysfR3cUarUqdlwiDq6bACOK0oV6UYvpUOtStMX_qbG2aSlPNrjDAUu2wK1QR1Nx-NbRau5ABuD8VksDTIgGxm8ztxxI043n6Xj0vIPcBAYryNSOCmcFzzOBldE61ehQc7VFQNT9Q 

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Hi all came cross some new news.

Amazon’s Echo is out of stock amid rumors of new model

Amazon’s Echo is out of stock online, as noted by TechCrunch earlier today. And given that the Echo is such a core part of Amazon’s hardware business, and that the company has been running near-constant sales on that for the last few months, there are two ways to take this news:

  1. Amazon is planning to update the Echo — whose hardware hasn’t really changed in the years since it was first released back in 2015 — with a new model, explaining the last few months of fire sales to clear out stock. Plus, releasing a new Echo model now would get Amazon a new product on the market just in time for the holiday season, and help shore up Amazon’s defenses in preparation for Apple’s HomePod, which is set to release later this year.
  2. Amazon put the Echo on sale, leading people to have bought a lot of them (in fairness, this has happened before with previous Echo sales, too.) Plus, Amazon just took a whole bunch of Echo stock to put in Whole Foods, which could be slowing up the supply chain.

Adding credence to the possibility of a new Echo is an email sent out to Twitch developers today that references an “Amazon Echo 2,” which could be indicative of a new product given that Amazon owns Twitch. Twitch has since clarified that the “Echo 2” reference was a typo in the email header.

That said, if you must have an Amazon Echo today, you can simply try Best Buy, Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, or basically any other electronics retailer. Oh, and Whole Foods.

Update, August 29th, 4:55pm: Added possible reference to an “Echo 2” from a recent email sent to Twitch developers, via Eric Olson on Twitter. Twitch has clarified that the Echo 2 email was a typo in the subject header.

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Hi all came cross good news for all of use that are in home assistants Amazon and Microsoft are partnering up.

here the link https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/30/16224876/microsoft-amazon-cortana-alexa-partnership

 

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Hi all some good new news for z wave uses google home is expanding there support for z wave devices.

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Thanks all for all your comments good or bad but this thread cannot continue due to unforeseen problems. Again thank you all that have posted and read the comments.   

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