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HEY ALEXA!

Amazon launched its first Echo back in 2014. We’re now on the fourth generation, alongside the Echo Dot, the Echo Studio, the Echo Flex, the Echo Show 5, 8, 10 and 15, the Echo Sub, the Echo Link, the Echo Buds, the Smart Plug… and that’s just the Amazon devices, not including its Blink and Ring security cams.

And then there are the very many third-party devices that can also be controlled by Alexa… including Hue lights, Samsung smart TVs, Sonos speakers and Motorola phones. If you want the widest possible range of connected

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