Verizon seems to be making its own Alexa-based smart display

It looks like Verizon (Engadget's parent company) is working on an Alexa-powered smart display. However, rather than saying "Alexa" to activate the voice assistant, it appears anyone who buys the device would need to say "Hey, Verizon" instead. Amazon's Alexa Custom Assistant program lets companies build a version of Alexa with custom wake words and device-specific skills. The smart display emerged in Federal Communications Commission filings that were first spotted by Protocol. According to the documents, the Verizon Smart Display has an eight-inch, 1280 800 display, 4GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. The device supports calls, messaging, Alexa announcements and Verizon's BlueJeans video conferencing tool, per the user manual.