Amazon Echo review: Addictive smart speaker

Amazon's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alexa-powered smart speaker Echo has received rave reviews from critics and consumers since its introduction in 2014 across the world. Being a pioneer in the niche segment, Amazon, though a bit late, was still the first to enter the Indian market in late 2017, before Google Home and Apple HomePod. I have been using Amazon Echo for a couple of months now, and here are my thoughts on the smart speaker. My review unit is a generic Amazon Echo Grey (Rs 9,999). It has a simple cylindrical exterior body with a ring of multi-color lights -- a nice touch -- on the top, which comes to life whenever the device is switched on or when we converse with Alexa. On the exterior, it is covered with a contoured fabric that exudes a natural-like feel when touched by hand.