<Tr> <Th> Input </Th> <Td> Voice commands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Amazon Echo (US) Amazon Echo (UK) Amazon Echo (Germany) Amazon Echo (India) </Td> </Tr> <P> Amazon Echo (shortened and referred to as Echo) is a brand of smart speakers developed by Amazon.com . The devices connect to the voice - controlled intelligent personal assistant service Alexa, which responds to the name "Alexa". This "wake word" can be changed by the user to "Amazon", "Echo" or "Computer". The device is capable of voice interaction, music playback, making to - do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing weather, traffic and other real - time information . It can also control several smart devices acting as a home automation hub . </P> <P> Amazon had been developing Echo devices inside its Lab126 offices in Silicon Valley and Cambridge, Massachusetts since at least 2010 in confirmed reports . The device was part of Amazon's first attempts to expand its device portfolio beyond the Kindle e-reader . The Echo was prominently featured in Amazon's first - ever Super Bowl ad in 2016 . </P>

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