AXIOS July 22, 2021
While many people think of Alexa as just the voice behind Amazon’s smart speaker, Amazon sees it as the first step towards something more akin to “Star Trek’s” remarkably versatile talking computer.
Why it matters: So-called “ambient computing” is seen as the next big wave of computing, where information is personal and delivered in the best way possible given the combination of devices one has nearby.
“You look at those ‘Star Trek’ episodes and it’s very conversational,” Amazon executive Dave Limp told Axios in an interview ahead of the company’s Alexa Live conference, which took place on Wednesday.
- Limp, a longtime Amazon executive, is in charge of Alexa as well as the company’s devices, including the Echo family as...
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