Amazon Echo with Alexa support coming to India this Diwali, likely to be priced around Rs. 12,000

Amazon seems all set to expand its reach for the sprawling smart home speaker market in India, the world’s second largest Internet market. According to reports circulating online, Amazon is likely to launch its Alexa-enabled smart speaker Echo and its smaller version Echo Dot in India during the Diwali festival (October 18) this year. Amazon is hoping to tap into the festive season shopping frenzy by timing the launch around this time of the year.

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The report surfaced online also says that Amazon is working on adding the local language support for Alexa, in order to understand regional languages such as Hindi and Tamil. Support for more local languages might be added in the coming months as a part of offering ‘localized skills’ for the home market. Amazon Echo was first #-Link-Snipped-#. The e-commerce giant has earlier introduced quite popular and successful services such as Amazon Prime Video and Fire TV dongle.

Though Amazon Inc. is yet to confirm the supposed launch date and price tags of these Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the latest report on the matter can be taken closer to the truth since it is allegedly based on the information provided by a person close to the local branch of the company.

Source:factordaily.com