Amazon’s new Echo Auto is smaller and easier to mount in your car

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An Amazon Echo Auto mounted to the center console of a car, just below buttons for seat heater controls.
The new Echo Auto is smaller and easier to mount in your car than the original model. It also looks nicer. | Image: Amazon

Amazon has announced an update to the Echo Auto that it originally launched back in 2018. The new Echo Auto is a wholly new design, with a smaller footprint, fabric covering, and easier mounting options. It will sell for $54.99.

The idea behind the Echo Auto is to put Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant in your car if your vehicle doesn’t have it integrated natively like some modern cars. Effectively a microphone with some smarts, the Echo Auto pairs to your phone over Bluetooth and then can connect to your car’s audio system over Bluetooth or through a 3.5mm audio cable. Power is supplied by your car’s USB port.

The new Echo Auto has five microphones, down from the original’s eight. Amazon’s vice president of Alexa devices, Nedim Fresko,...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/28/23375538/amazon-echo-auto-update-new-model-event-size-price-specs-features

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