Could Alexa replace keyboards?

Amazon's intelligent personal assistant is making big inroads into homes and the keyboard could be the first victim. "The mass adoption" of Amazon's Alexa devices "may lead to the decline of the keyboard," said Ken Cassar, an analyst at Slice Intelligence, in a statement that's part of a just-released report from the marketing research firm. "Echo…given its ease of use and low price point, it could establish itself as the hub of the smart home," Cassar added in the statement, referring to the smart speaker that is the hardware for interacting with the Alexa service. Echo, which understands spoken questions and commands via its Alexa persona, saw its popularity skyrocket over the holiday season, according to Cassar. "Forty five percent of all Echo devices that have been purchased – since it was launched back in 2015 – were purchased in November and December of 2016," he told Foxnews.com in an interview.