Amazon Echo Dot gives you a voice-controlled smart home for only $90

Nobody saw it coming. While Apple and Google were busy trying to beat each other to the smart home with HomeKit and Nest, respectively, Amazon snuck in from nowhere with the Echo and its Alexa voice assistant and embarrassed them both.

When I reviewed it last year the Echo could only do a handful of things like play music, read the news, tell you the weather and set timers. Today, the Echo's a full-featured, voice-activated smart home hub thanks to all the third-party devices and services that can connect to it.

The Echo's success pushed Amazon to put Alexa in more devices and now she's available in the Fire TV, Fire TV Stick and two new devices: the Tap (read my review here) and Echo Dot. Read more...