Tech Review - Meet Alexa

Alexa is a cloud based voice service that Echo from Amazon uses to interact and make people's life easier and works as well as Siri for IOS, Google Now for Android and Cortana for windows phone.

This is just like a portable bluetooth speakers but without battery, hence means has to stay plugged in all the time. The Echo makes use of cloud to access information and music which it plays on request.

"Echo connects to Alexa, a cloud-based voice service, to provide information, answer questions, play music, read the news, check sports scores or the weather, and more—instantly. All you have to do is ask. Echo begins working as soon as it detects the wake word. "

I call it smart speaker because 97% of the Echo consists of speakers and the sound molding mechanisms. 

This is surely an investment for Amazon because it seems to me that the main target is easing online shopping through their portal.

We should see the likes of Jumia, Kilimall, Rupu and Kaymu team up and come up with such products for kenyan market.