Amazon Releases Alexa, Echo, and Prime Music In Canada

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From the Verge:

 

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/15/16654488/amazon-alexa-echo-prime-canada

 

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Amazon launched Prime Music and Alexa in Canada today, along with three devices that support the voice assistant: the Echo, Echo Plus, and Echo Dot. Amazon says Alexa will speak English with a Canadian accent and have local knowledge and local skills — Alexa's voice-activated apps — made by Canadian developers. Amazon anticipates 10,000 skills will be available for Canadian customers this year, including skills from Air Canada, CBC, the Weather Network, TD Bank, and Bank of Montreal.

“Tens of millions of customers are already using Alexa, and today we’re excited to bring her to Canada with an experience designed from the ground up for our Canadian customers,” said Tom Taylor, senior vice president of Amazon Alexa, in a statement.

"An experience designed from the ground up for our Canadian customers"

In addition to Alexa, Amazon Prime members in Canada will also get access to Prime Music services today. Prime Music, which features over 1 million songs on demand, is now included with every new and existing Prime membership in Canada. Those with access can look forward to very Canadian playlists curated by Amazon with titles like "Quebec Country Now" and "Chanteuse Québécoise.

This follows a week after Amazon released a version of the Fire TV stick in Canada. The prices for the Echo devices are as follows:

 

Echo: $99.99

Echo Dot: $49.99

Echo Plus $169.99

 

These are all currently discounted introductory prices, and the prices was discounted by $20-30 for the Echo devices. All devices are available via Amazon Prime shipping in Canada, and will ship starting on December 5th.

[Guest]

Alexa, eh? Sorry, that was Canadianist. 

[Imabigmac]

I wonder if it can speak french... and the Canadian version at that