Amazon's Echo Sequels Fail

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Amazon’s Echo smart speaker has endured, but many other spinoffs, accessories, and variations have not

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Amazon has reinvented its Echo smart speaker line again and again to convince consumers of its potential.

From fashion-critiquing cameras to microwaves you can ask to make popcorn, the company's repeated renaissance has often felt wildly experimental in a way that hasn’t always clicked with consumers.

The Echo Tap was Amazon ’s first smart speaker to disconnect Alexa from a power outlet.

Amazon 's $ 59.99 AmazonBasics Microwave was designed to connect to existing Echo devices in a home so you could ask Alexa to microwave a potato or a bag of popcorn without having to navigate a menu of cooking presets on the oven itself.

The Echo Input was a small puck-shaped dongle that used an audio cable or Bluetooth to bring music-streaming capabilities and access to Amazon Alexa to existing speakers and audio setups.

Amazon discontinued the Echo Input in 2018 and the Echo Link Amp in 2012 .

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