Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo devices are getting to a point of ubiquity. Walk into any home in America and there’s a good chance you’ll see an Amazon Echo device inside. And this doesn’t go for just tech-savvy millennials; this FR writer has an 85-year-old aunt who happily asks Alexa to turn on her favorite radio station to listen to some Al Jolson.
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