Amazon’s Echo Input Portable is a battery-powered Alexa smart speaker for India 

Days after launching Echo Flex, Amazon has launched Echo Input Portable smart speaker in India. Like Echo Flex, Echo Input Portable also aspires to put Alexa in every corner of your home, wires, cables required. But while Echo Flex plugs into any electrical wall socket, Echo Input Portable is a battery-powered affair. 

Echo Input Portable is, in fact, only battery-powered smart speaker that Amazon sells currently, and at this point of time, it seems exclusive to India. Amazon goes so far as to say that Echo input Portable is built for customers in India. echo Input Portable is w available for pre-order and will be available for buying from December 18 at a price of Rs 4,999. 

“Customers in India love Alexa and told us that y want to carry ir Echo device from room to room so that y can have an uninterrupted hands-free Alexa experience,” Parag Gupta, He of Amazon Devices India said in a statement. “We’re excited to offer this new Alexa experience in India, and we cant wait to see how our Indian customers enjoy flexibility of a portable Alexa in ir homes.”   

Amazon says Echo Input Portable is as useful as any of its or Alexa smart speaker. It has a 4-microphone array and 360-degree audio, so it can do all your run of mill Echo stuff like switching on lights as you enter your home or turn off AC as you leave room, all using voice commands. ded battery inside means you can carry it around with you – which seems to be its sole purpose. 

4,800mAh battery inside Echo Input Portable is claimed to offer up to “10 hours of continuous music playback time (up to 11hrs of stand-by time)” on single charge. built-in 4 LED array will also give you an idea of current battery level by tapping power button. 

Amazon is really ramping up its efforts in India of late. company has launched a slew of Echo smart speakers here recently, including flagship Echo Studio. While a product like Echo Input Portable, it says, is designed specifically for this market going on to show how crucial it is for company in question.  

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