Press Release

Amazon Echo and Echo Dot are voice-controlled speakers designed entirely around your voice--they're always ready, hands-free, and fast. Alexa is the brain behind Echo and Echo Dot--just ask and she'll answer questions, play music, read the news, set timers and alarms, recite your calendar, check sports scores, control lights around your home, and much more. With Echo and Echo Dot's far-field voice control, you can do all this from across the room just by asking. Since Alexa runs in the cloud, she is always getting smarter--plus, third party developers are building new skills for Alexa every day. There will be thousands of Alexa skills available for UK customers at launch including skills from Spotify, Uber, Philips Hue, Hive, Just Eat, National Rail Enquiries, and more.