{"id":230861,"date":"2017-09-28T07:58:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T05:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=230861"},"modified":"2017-09-28T07:59:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T05:59:50","slug":"amazon-unveils-the-echo-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/230861-amazon-unveils-the-echo-spot.html","title":{"rendered":"Amazon unveils the Echo Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20170927006210\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Amazon has launched<\/strong><\/a> the Echo Spot, which delivers Alexa functionality to users in a small device with a circular screen.<\/p>\n<p>It features far-field technology with four microphones, acoustic beam-forming technology, and enhanced noise cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>If you have more than one Echo, Alexa responds intelligently from the Echo you\u2019re closest to with ESP (Echo Spatial Perception).<\/p>\n<p>Alexa can also talk to you and play music on the Echo Spot through a built-in 2W speaker. Users can also connect to speakers through Bluetooth or a 3.5mm stereo cable.<\/p>\n<p>The Echo Spot\u2019s small form factor makes it suitable to use on a desk as a smart alarm clock, in the kitchen to set and view timers, or to call friends and family, said Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can use the device to turn your lights on and off, watch a video flash briefing, show your commute time, get the weather, or show your calendar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Echo Spot cost $129.99 and will begin shipping in December.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/230857-amazon-launches-echo-plus-smart-home-speaker.html\">Amazon launches Echo Plus smart home speaker<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon\u2019s Echo Spot delivers Alexa functionality in a small device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":230897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7431,723,46323],"class_list":["post-230861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-alexa","tag-amazon","tag-echo-spot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230895,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230861\/revisions\/230895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}