The Echo's popularity prodded Google to introduce its own internet-connected speaker, Home, with a digital assistant last year. Amazon now aims to erase the price advantage with the next generation of the Echo. Amazon also will begin selling a digital device called the Echo Connect that can serve as a speaker system for a home phone landline. It is introducing small devices for playing games called Amazon Buttons and another Alexa-powered device with a 2.5-inch screen called the Echo Spot. Other companies like Roku and Google sell streaming devices at comparable or even lower prices than Fire TV.

Source: ABC News September 27, 2017 18:28 UTC