Amazon’s Echo Link and Echo Link Amp are designed to turn your dumb home audio smarter

Echo Link and Echo Link Amp are different from Amazon’s conventional Echo devices like Echo Dot and Echo Plus. y don’t have any microphones which basically means you can’t tell m what to do – to play or pause your music, to check live cricket scores, so on and so forth. Which is an indirect way of saying, Echo Link and Echo Link Amp are t as smart as Echo Dot and Echo Plus because y can’t directly tap into Amazon’s Alexa in literal sense – y're t smart at all, in fact. So, what’s Amazon doing making m n, you ask? 

Well, Echo Link and Echo Link Amp are t smart speakers like Echo Dot and Echo Plus – rar, y’re designed to make your dumb speakers smarter. Sort of like Echo Input, only, Echo Link and Echo Link have a much wider skill set, and quite obviously, a much higher asking price – while Echo Link has been launched in India for Rs 19,999, Echo Link Amp will cost buyers in India Rs 29,999. While Echo Link will start shipping from April 16, Echo Link Amp will be available from May 3. 

Echo Link and Echo Link Amp mark Amazon’s foray into India’s home audio – in quite true sense. Both devices essentially serve as stereo amplifiers and have multiple audio in and out options (digital/analogue), designed to act as a connecting link between your existing ‘smart’ Echo device and third-party audio gear (CD player/amplified turntable/MP3 player/speaker/headphone). You can connect Link to a receiver or an amplifier, while Link Amp already comes with a 60-watt dual-channel amplifier built in, just in case.  

t only can Link and Link Amp turn your dumb audio gear smarter, y can create multi-room music groups in multiple rooms with m – and n you can use Alexa to control all of m so you can, for instance, stream hi-fi music from services like Amazon Music by simply saying, "Alexa, play music everywhere.” 

launch of Echo Link and Echo Link Amp comes just days after Amazon launched Echo Show in India – and fact that Echo Link and Echo Link Amp are going on sale simultaneously in India as in US, UK, Germany, Japan, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, seemingly highlights country’s significance in Amazon’s global business strategy. Which isn’t surprising since India is one of fastest growing developer bases for company outside of US. 

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