How Alexa is Innovative?

Amazon / Eng
toreador

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toreador
Jun 18, 2019 10 Comments

My fellow Amazonians seem to consider Alexa to be something akin to a cure to cancer and a true sign that the company is innovating as hell.

It is the most popular dedicated voice assistance device, sure. IMHO it’s mostly to a fact that the hardware is cheap and mean.

Voice assistants were around for quite some time. Siri and Google Now were there before Alexa. Both are available in 20+ languages. Siri boats most active users. Google Assistant can actually maintain a conversation.

So. How Alexa is innovative?

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  • Microsoft / Eng
    bebK16

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    bebK16
    Alexa does a solid job understanding a 3 year old, something Kinect was never able to figure out. Not sure if that's good or not. "Alexa, play the Pokemon theme song!" all day, every day.
    Jun 18, 2019 5
    • Microsoft / Eng
      bebK16

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      bebK16
      Xbox One Kinect was launched in 2013, and was a significant upgrade from Xbox 360 Kinect.

      I haven't tried Siri or Google. I was simply pointing out what innovation I saw in Alexa, just as you asked. You seem hell-bent on ignoring or minimizing anything that Alexa does well, so I assume you have some agenda here.
      Jun 20, 2019
    • Amazon / Eng
      toreador

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      toreador
      OP
      And Alexa Show launched in 2017 while still being a shit. Do you have an agenda here? ;)
      Jun 20, 2019
  • Amazon / Eng
    ofrlslehr

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    ofrlslehr
    You can buy stuff from amazon
    Jun 18, 2019 0
  • Microsoft / Eng
    cholical

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    cholical
    The echo speaker seems to be more sensitive than the Google home. Also my Google home randomly activates even when I'm not saying anything.
    Jun 18, 2019 0
  • Microsoft / Design
    dvdkdksnn

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    Microsoft
    dvdkdksnn
    I would give credit to Alexa for popularizing the pucks/smart speakers as a category and making those a talking point. That was years ago, tho, and these days Google stuff is just sooo much better other than the silly trigger word.
    Jun 18, 2019 0
  • Amazon
    halfasser

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    halfasser
    It's a piece of shit. Good thing I got the beta sample. Would have given me major buyers remorse had I paid for it myself.
    Jun 19, 2019 0