Amazon recently reported that it had sold "tens of millions" of the Echo range of smart speakers powered by the company's AI assistant Alexa. On Twitter users were reporting that the smart speaker was not being especially smart. One user, Paul Foster, posted a video of his Echo failing to work. (Image: outage.report)It seems likely that the service may have been overwhelmed by a large number of new users. Some users were voicing disappointment that they wouldn't be able to time their christmas dinners using their new devices.

Source: Daily Mirror December 25, 2018 10:59 UTC