Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant Alexa, along with the voice-controlled Echo speaker devices, are finally available in Canada. Amazon Canada on Wednesday launched pre-orders for the Echo Dot, Echo and Echo Plus, with “special introductory pricing.” The Echo starts at $99.99 for a limited time, after which it will cost $129.99. The Dot is $49.99 for a limited time and the Plus is $169.99. Amazon said Alexa will include a new English voice with a “Canadian accent” while the company is opening the Alexa Skills Kit and Alexa Voice Service for local developers and hardware makers to create integrations built on Alexa for the Canadian market. Amazon also said its Prime Music streaming service is now available to Prime members in Canada, with more than one million songs available to stream free for Prime members.

Source: thestar November 15, 2017 15:45 UTC