You may have heard of an insanely well-reviewed device called the Amazon Echo, which has a personal assistant called Alexa and a speaker built-in.
Well, unless you live in a super tiny studio, the speaker component of the Echo is kinda... meh.
Well, Amazon just announced a new device, the Echo Dot, that lets you put the intelligence of Alexa into *any* speaker.
The hockey-sized puck costs $90 and can do anything its big sis, the Echo, can do.
Except, when you ask Alexa on the Dot to "play you the latest episode of Serial" or "play my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify," you'll be able to listen to it through your speaker of choice.
There is one big sneaky caveat: you can *only* order Echo Dot through Alexa, with your voice.
Amazon also announced a smaller and cheaper version of the Echo called the Amazon Tap ($130), a portable Bluetooth speaker.
Instead of being able to recognize your voice from anywhere in the room, Amazon Tap requires you to press a button before asking Alexa anything.
Amazon Tap will be available on March 31 on Amazon.com and the Dot is available today (but remember: only through Alexa.)
