AMAZON ECHO

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

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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.