
Amazon Said to Plan Premium Alexa Speaker with Large Screen - kjhughes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-29/amazon-said-to-plan-premium-alexa-speaker-with-large-screen
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zitterbewegung
I wonder how they are going to adapt the API for screens ? Maybe expand the
card API ?

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payne92
That's my guess. If you check out the Alexa that's built into the current gen
Fire TV stick, you can see how they are already offering visual responses to
go with the audio.

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dwyerm
I am super excited about this, but I'd be very cautious about expectations.
I've already gotten torn up in social media for trying to explain how an
ambient information display is a Good Thing (think a clock or a calendar or a
thermometer), without being something you necessarily interact with.

The second someone asks, "Why don't I just get a tablet, then?" you know
they've missed it. They need to build a Chumby, not an iPad... but if the
market is expecting an iPad, they're going to be sorely disappointed.

...and if the market is disappointed, then I'm going to miss out on a great
replacement for my long-in-the-tooth Chumby8.

