Amazon Echo Input launched in India, turns your dumb speaker into Alexa smart speaker

Amazon’s Echo speakers maybe smart but y often fall short when it comes to audio quality in comparison to counterparts from Bose and JBL. But n t every Bose and JBL speaker is smart like Echo. That's where Echo Input comes into picture. Echo Input can turn your dumb speaker into an Alexa smart speaker so you can have best of both worlds.  

Echo Input is w available for buying from Amazon India for Rs 2,999. When you buy Echo Input with select speakers from Bose, JBL and UE, you can get up to Rs 2,999 off, Amazon has anunced. This means, for a limited period, you can get Echo Input effectively for free if you choose to buy parner speakers from Bose, JBL and UE. 

Echo Input is just 12.5mm thick – less than a deck of cards, says Amzon – and can connect to your existing speaker through a 3.5mm audio cable (which is included in box) or through Bluetooth. It also features a four-microphone array like Echo Dot so you can talk to Alexa from across room. Once connected, all audio is played through connected speaker rar than through Echo Input itself. Echo Input also lets you d connected speaker to a new or existing multi-room music group.  

“Our customers tell us that y love convenience of being able to ask Alexa to play music, get information, control smart home devices, and much more. With Echo Input, we are giving users even more options to choose best Echo device for ir needs. ding Echo Input to your existing speakers is easiest way to begin your voice-first experience with Alexa,” Jayshree Gururaj, director, Amazon Devices said while anuncing Echo Input for Indian market. 

Amazon is also updating its entry-level Fire TV Stick line-up in India with a new version that ds company’s all-new Alexa-enabled voice remote into mix. updated Fire TV Stick with second-generation Alexa voice remote will be available for buying for Rs 3,999 from Amazon India starting from last week of January. 

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