AMAZON ECHO
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Alexa, tell me the exciting origin story of the very first Echo!
AMAZON ECHO

Sorry, but you can’t chat with magazines just yet… although, given how many Alexa devices have arrived since the original Echo, it’s probably only a matter of time. After all, back in 2014 the idea of a talking speaker was just as strange, and early adopters were cautious. Sure, it was easier to ask Alexa to play a tune than pulling out your phone to send it across via Bluetooth. But there was something vaguely dystopian about that first always-connected, always-listening Amazon Echo.

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