# Latest Amazon Alexa / Echo devices

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**Category:** General Chat\
**Created:** [29 September 2017 06:03 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/latest-amazon-alexa-echo-devices/24131 "2017-09-29T06:03:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bruce](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/bruce/32/59147_2.png) [@Bruce](https://community.monzo.com/u/Bruce)\
**Post date:** [29 September 2017 06:03 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/latest-amazon-alexa-echo-devices/24131/1 "2017-09-29T06:03:22Z")

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Yesterday Amazon announced their new lineup of voice activated products.

- updated echo speakers x 2
- echo buttons
- echo spot
- echo connect
- echo show (now available in U.K.)
- BMW partnership to put Alexa into some BMW and mini

It also announced echo calling to come to the U.K.

Huge product announcement for a surprise event, clearly a very different tactic to apples scheduled yearly events.

Anyone have any interesting opinions on

- whether customers bite better at surprise or scheduled events relating to product launches
- the Alexa ecosystem and whether it’s useful yet

My opinion is that

- scheduled events drive much more hype and a marketing team can use them as serious fire power
- I love voice controlled everything, but it’s still just not that good, and I’m hesitant to put a device into each room. Especially because you need to decide between the three major companies devices

> **[Every new Echo announced today -- and a Fire TV](http://www.engadget.com/amp/2017/09/27/amazon-alexa-event-device-roundup/)**
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> Amazon unveiled a slew of Echo devices at a special Alexa-themed event -- we've rounded them up.

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**Author:** ![anon70107404](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@anon70107404](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon70107404)\
**Post date:** [29 September 2017 06:07 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/latest-amazon-alexa-echo-devices/24131/2 "2017-09-29T06:07:36Z")

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> [@Bruce](#):
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> - BMW partnership to put Alexa into some BMW and mini

_”Alexa. How do I avoid driving whilst distracted?”_

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**Author:** ![SC95](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/sc95/32/30201_2.png) [@SC95](https://community.monzo.com/u/SC95)\
**Post date:** [8 March 2018 13:35 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/latest-amazon-alexa-echo-devices/24131/3 "2018-03-08T13:35:30Z")

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Did anyone experience this? 😆

> **[Amazon working to fix Alexa after users report random burst of 'creepy' laughter](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/07/amazon-alexa-random-creepy-laughter-company-fixing)**
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> The company acknowledged the issue after some reported their devices had developed an unsettling new skill

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**Author:** ![jdon.xyz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/jdon.xyz/32/15177_2.png) [@jdon.xyz](https://community.monzo.com/u/jdon.xyz)\
**Post date:** [8 March 2018 18:07 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/latest-amazon-alexa-echo-devices/24131/4 "2018-03-08T18:07:40Z")

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I asked Alexa earlier to tell me about Monzo and she did.

I then asked her to tell me about Starling, and I had a swift moment of education surrounding birds.

I like her 🕶