Your Amazon Echo Could Soon Make Phone Calls

It may soon be possible to make or answer phone calls through an Amazon Echo or Google Home, The Wall Street Journal reports. Both Amazon and Google are reportedly working on new features that would enable their Internet-connected speakers to work as telephones. The functionality could launch sometime this year. Still, there are a number of concerns to overcome before Google and Amazon can integrate phone calls into their devices, the Journal notes, mostly around privacy, telecom involvement, and emergency services. For one, people may be uncomfortable having phone conversations on a device that's capable of recording speech.