Amazon’s 11 new products from its big event – Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis
The Echo Input: For those of you who want to give your current powered speakers Alexa capabilities, the $34.99 Echo Input is for you. It will be available on its own and bundled with other speakers starting with some from Bose and Eufy. Also in related speaker news, Amazon is adding a software development kit for multi-room audio that other speaker makers can use in their devices. Get ready for companies making AV equipment to start integrating SDKs left and right from Google, Apple, Sonos, Amazon and maybe more. As a consumer, get ready for constant updates and a user experience that could degrade over time.