Amazon Echo had the market to itself until the fall of 2017, when Google introduced Google Home. Not anymore! Amazon has the lead and is hard pressed to meet customer demands with about 32 million units projected for sale in 2018. The conventional wisdom was that Apple always is the leader with device innovation, starting with the iPod and going on to the iPhone, the iPad and the Apple watch. There is no compatibility between the different brands, by the way.Īmazon, having just withdrawn its entry of a smartphone due to poor sales, was roundly criticized for introducing a device in 2014 that wasn’t really needed or wanted. In my home, it has even replaced shouting: “Dinners ready!” We have three Echo models in our home and two Google Homes as well. Once the connection is made, you simply say “Alexa, drop in on Mom.” Mom’s Alexa turns on and you can chat across town or across the world. It’s possible to configure multiple Echo devices as an intercom within a home and, more importantly, to connect other users outside the home who have a compatible Echo device.

The Amazon Echo family has a feature recently implemented which may be of great interest to families with older adults living independently.

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