Smart Home crap, or something. (Was: Echo.)

[Kchrpm]

Sounds about like my experience with the Moto 360

[21Kid]

I like the idea... but, wanted to wait to see if they improved it. I wonder how it does in a house with 2 kids, if everyone is yelling at it to do stuff?

[thesameguy]

It tends to pick up one voice and stick with it, or that's been my experience so far.

[Kchrpm]

http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/02/a...developer-kit/

Beta devkits to go out for the Echo.

[thesameguy]

Yeah, pretty stoked about what might emerge from this.

I still like the device - it gets used pretty much every day.

[Kchrpm]

Sony has announced a miniscule competitor.

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/...speaker-bsp60/



But it doesn't use Google Now, it's going through Sony's own proprietary Voice Control app (on the phone that the speaker is connected to).

[thesameguy]

I am initially not impressed, but I'd need to see it before making a real judgment. It appears to be battery operated?

[Kchrpm]

Based on the size, and it's positioning as just a smart Bluetooth speaker, I think that's a safe bet.

[thesameguy]

I won a Jambox Mini a little while ago - if the Sony thing mimics its sound quality at a similar price, it'll be win. But if it's actually going to complete with Echo at $200 probably not so much. I'm of course concerned that being a Sony product it'll be overpriced or underdesigned. Sony really seems to have lost their way in the last decade or two. Time will tell...

[MR2 Fan]

I hope Google comes out with something like this.