{"id":9311,"date":"2018-02-19T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=9311"},"modified":"2018-02-19T11:08:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:08:07","slug":"echo-devices-now-available-to-all-customers-on-amazon-in-and-atleading-retail-outlets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=9311","title":{"rendered":"Echo Devices Now Available to All Customers on Amazon.in and atLeading Retail Outlets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Echo-Family_Just-Ask.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9312\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9312 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Echo-Family_Just-Ask.jpg\" alt=\"Echo Family_Just Ask\" width=\"870\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Echo-Family_Just-Ask.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Echo-Family_Just-Ask-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Echo-Family_Just-Ask-768x278.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Buy Echo Dot, Echo, and Echo Plus at an MRP of Rs 4,499, Rs 9,999, and Rs 14,999 respectively<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7654\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" alt=\"Faceinews Logo - Copy\" width=\"173\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Alexa, the brain behind Echo, is always getting smarter\u2014starting today, customers can also use Alexa-to-Alexa calling and messaging to stay in touch with friends and family members<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Developers are adding skills to enable users to order food, call a taxi, control lights and more. Over 12,000 skills available for users in India <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Customers can purchase and experience Echo devices on Amazon.in, Amazon kiosks and over 350 retail outlets across 20 cities in India<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chennai<\/strong><strong> \u2013 15 February, 2018<\/strong> \u2013 Today, Amazon is excited to announce that Echo Dot, Echo, and Echo Plus are widely available for purchase by all customers in India. Customers can purchase Echo devices on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/echo\">www.amazon.in\/echo<\/a> and over 350 retail outlets such as Croma, Reliance, Vijay Sales, Crossword and more in 20 cities across India. Echo Dot is available at an MRP of Rs 4,499, Echo for Rs 9,999, and Echo Plus for Rs 14,999.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Echo devices are voice-controlled speakers designed entirely around your voice\u2014they are always ready, hands-free, and fast. Alexa is the brain behind Echo devices. Just ask, and Alexa will answer questions, play music, turn the lights on and off, give sports scores, check the weather, call your friends and family and more. With far-field voice control, you can do all this from across the room using just your voice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Echo users can now keep in touch with each other using the Alexa-to-Alexa calling and messaging feature. To make and receive calls using Alexa, users need to havesupported Echo devices or the free Alexa app on their Android or iOS mobile phones. To enhance the entertainment experience, Amazon has introduced the multi-room music feature that allows you to play and control music across multiple Echo devices\u00a0at the same time. In addition, users can set up routines for Alexa to perform a series of actions from a single voice command, shop on Amazon.in using their voice, and choose from over 12,000 Alexa skills to enhance their Echo experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to the customers across India who have helped create the Alexa experience during the invite phase,\u201d\u00a0said <strong>Jayshree Gururaj, Director &#8211; Amazon Devices<\/strong>. \u201cWe are excited to make Alexa and our Echo devices available for all customers, and we can\u2019t wait to hear about their experiences. Since Alexa runs in the cloud, she is always getting smarter \u2013 the Alexa experience in India continues to evolve with new features, even better speech recognition, new localised skills, expanded music selection, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In October 2017,\u00a0Amazon\u00a0introduced Echo devices to India, featuring an all new Alexa-experience built for customers in India. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/meetalexa\">www.amazon.in\/meetalexa<\/a> to learn of all the capabilities of Alexa, which include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hands-free Calling and Messaging with Alexa Using Your Voice<\/strong><br \/>\nWith Alexa-to-Alexa calling and messaging, you can easily make and receive calls between supported Echo devices or the free Alexa app on your smart phone, hands-free. No scrolling or searching through hundreds of contacts on your mobile. Your contacts will hearyour name when theyget incoming calls on their Echo devices (and also see it on the Alexa App), so they know who is calling. Additionally, you can send messages via voice or text to contacts who have a supported Echo device or the free Alexa App. Just say \u201cAlexa, call mom,\u201d or \u201cAlexa, send a message to Vinay.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let your family know when dinner is ready, or remind the kids to go to sleepwiththe Drop-In feature. Drop-in is enabled for room-to-room calling, instantly connect with compatible Echo devices in your home. Just say \u201cAlexa, drop in on the kids\u2019 room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Synchronised Music Streaming with Multi-Room Music<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy room-filling music throughout the home when playing songs from Amazon Prime Music, Saavn and TuneIn. You can group multiple Echo devices for synchronised music streaming in every room. Simply use the Alexa app to create groups with two or more compatible Echo devices by naming the group, such as \u201ceverywhere\u201d. Once the group is created, simply say \u201cAlexa, play <em>Kala Chashma <\/em>everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increased Capabilities with Over 12,000 Skills<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can now enjoy more than 1,000 new skills that have been added to the Alexa Skills Store in India since it went live on 31<sup>st<\/sup> October, 2017. Many developers published skills with an Indian flavour, enabling customers to listen to devotional songs, finding diverse information ranging from Indian pin codes, Indian Presidents to Indian Railways PNR status, or playing Indian Tambolaand Indian GK Quiz. Over 12,000 skills are already available today. These include popular skills like Ola, Uber, Zomato, Goibibo, Tarla Dalal recipes, Times of India, The Indian Express, andGaneshaSpeaks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier\u00a0customers could find and discover these skills only on the Alexa app, now you will also be able to find and enable these skills on Amazon.in website and mobile application. Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/skills\">www.amazon.in\/skills<\/a> for more details on Alexa skills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prime Members Enjoy Millions of Songs Ad-free on Amazon Prime Music<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listen to your favourite music across multiple International and Indian languages uninterrupted 24\/7. \u00a0From the classics to the latest chartbusters, listeners can simply ask Alexa for their favourite music by songs, albums, eras, artists and genres or simply enjoy hundreds of specially curated stations and playlists, all ad-free. Sign up for Prime membership on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/prime\">www.amazon.in\/prime<\/a>, to also avail a unique combination of shopping, shipping and entertainment benefits for only INR 999 a year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alexa Knows Even More about Local Topics<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During the invitation phase, Alexa learnt more about the topics that matter most to you including local knowledge, Indian history, holidays, Bollywood movies, and more. Just ask \u201cAlexa, who was the first person to climb Mount Everest?\u201d, \u201cAlexa, tell me about<em> Ajanta Caves<\/em>\u201d, or \u201cAlexa, how does an aeroplane fly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alexa can now answer more questions on cricket \u2013 from scores and schedules to man of the match and bowling figures of a player. Just ask, \u201cAlexa, what was Virat Kohli\u2019s score?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prime Members Can Now Shop with Just their Voice Using Amazon Pay<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prime members can enjoy shopping with Alexa using only their voice. Either purchase products immediately, or add items easily to your shopping list or your shopping cart. Just say, \u201cAlexa, add multi-grain atta to my shopping list\u201d or \u201cAlexa, I want to buy Sandal soap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Easily Set Up Your Smart Home With Routines<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can use the new Routines feature to automate a series of customisable actions using a single voice command of your choice. For example, say, \u201cAlexa, good morning,\u201d and Alexa will switch-on compatible lights, read the daily news flash and the weather for the day. Routines can be created based on the time of day and customised for your needs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use Alexa to Translate Words and Phrases<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alexa can help you learn new languages like German, French, Spanish and more. Just say \u201cAlexa, translate thank you into French\u201d, or \u201cAlexa, how do you say happy to meet you in Spanish?\u201d to hear the translation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Customers can purchase an Echo Dot at an MRP of Rs 4,499 at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/echodot\">www.amazon.in\/echodot<\/a>, Echo for Rs 9,999 at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/echo\">www.amazon.in\/echo<\/a>, and Echo Plus for Rs 14,999 at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/echoplus\">www.amazon.in\/echoplus<\/a>. Customers also get a Philips Hue bulb free with the purchase of Echo Plus on amazon.in andselect retail outlets. Echo devices will be on available at the Amazon devices kiosk in Bangalore and Mumbai, and over 350 offline retail outlets across 20 cities in India.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>##<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Amazon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, personalised recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/about\">www.amazon.in\/about<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy Echo Dot, Echo, and Echo Plus at an MRP of Rs 4,499, Rs 9,999, and Rs 14,999 respectively \u00a0 Alexa, the brain behind Echo, is always getting smarter\u2014starting today, customers can also use Alexa-to-Alexa calling and messaging to stay in touch with friends and family members \u00a0 Developers are adding skills to enable users [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9313,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9311\/revisions\/9313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}