Hello everyone. Thanks for tuning in again. We're going to get started with
another updates of new updates, new features, for the Amazon Echo and Alexa series of
devices. Of course if you have one of those, go ahead, mute the microphone, as I
am going to use the wake word here a bunch throughout the video. First up this
week, I wasn't sure this was real when I first heard it, but it is real. You can
actually ask your Alexa enabled devices to play Skyrim. So if you don't know what
Skyrim is, it's basically been released for every entertainment system out there.
Everything from the PC, to the new PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. All those
devices, but it is now available for your Alexa enabled device. Speaking of which,
the Xbox One is going to soon have the Alexa assistant onboard. Now it will also
have the Google Assistant onboard, but for those of us watching here,
what matters is Alexa will be onboard. Now you can actually choose Alexa
instead of Cortana, which is Microsoft's own voice assistant there, so
that's quite an interesting choice. We're not a hundred percent sure how you will
be able to use Alexa, but I imagine it's the same as everything else in your home.
So that's coming very, very, soon. If you live in France you've been
without the Amazon Echo series for some time, but here it comes. This is supposed
to be out this month, you're supposed to have access to the Amazon Echo series of
devices. That doesn't mean you're going to have everything, because we've seen
Amazon release some other devices like the Echo Show and now the Echo
Look, which I'm going to talk about in a minute. They're really only available in
select countries until Amazon can get to a spot where they're comfortable
releasing those devices, but you're going to have the Alexa voice assistant
available in your country right away. Here is another massive introduction, this
one coming from Sonos. It's called the Sonos Beam and if you haven't heard of
it already, it's basically another entrant into the home
speaker series here, in a smart speaker. So on board
it'll be capable of having Alexa, and it's also capable of Airplay 2. So
this is big functionality coming from Sonos, and for those of us who've
already bought into the Alexa ecosystem, all the different skills, this is a great
option. Another product launch, the Echo Look, was a product that was intended to
give people fashion advice. Essentially it was supposed to be kind of that next
level of camera to give you some extra smart functionality. It's been opened up
for all customers in the USA to purchase. Now in the past it was actually
just something that you had to get an invitation to in order to get, but you
can now go ahead for $200 USD, go buy an Echo Look. Amazon has produced four
different PCs or laptops that will have Alexa on board. Now we have more
information. This was a couple of weeks ago that we'd heard that they were working on
this, but we have some more information this week. So there are four designs.
They're all made by Taiwan based manufacturers. Their names are Wiston,
Compal, and Quanta. They all have varying capabilities, but you know there's a
an all-in-one PC that's a 27-inch, 4k display. That's an incredible
display, and when you add in Alexa onboard, you're getting a lot of
functionality. We saw the Alexa Blueprint skill come out a while ago
and with that it meant you could go and create these
custom skills for yourself. What's interesting about this is Amazon is
trying to turn everybody into a programmer for them in their
ecosystem here on the Alexa devices. So what you can do now, is you can actually
share your Blueprint created skills. Alright so there you go we ripped
through that pretty quick this week. Of course if you guys have any questions, go
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as much information as is coming out from Amazon. They're producing just a ton
of new functionality every week. So thanks for watching everyone. We'll see
you next time.