Amazon to work on Knight, devices for smart home with Alexa

Amazon is committed to expand the range of devices equipped with personal digital assistant Alexa. It suggests the influential The Wall Street Journal, referring to "Knight", code name that identifies the new device equipped with Alexa and equipped with a display similar in size to those of the tablet screens. the possibility is not confirmed to control the device via touch interface, but it's pretty clear the intended use, or integration into a smart home system.

The source describes as follows Knight suggesting the usage scenario:

... It is designed to allow users to call up web pages, view videos and images, when their hands are covered with flour ...

References that suggest the integration of the device in a kitchen and interaction using voice commands given to Alexa. The new The Wall Street Journal reports adds a few details about the technical characteristics of the device, but warns against isolation examined the product, which is part of a more complex project with which Amazon is willing to make more widespread use of its voice assistant.

To achieve this, the e-commerce giant will continue to produce in the first devices powered by Alexa, like the above mentioned Knight, but, according to when the source said, is considering releasing more and more Alexa from his device. A modus operandi similar to that used, for example, by Microsoft with Cortana (also available on Android and iOS) and Google's smartphone, which has made available the search functions on all Android devices.

The Knight would become an additional element in a smart home environment that can already count several devices that support Alexa, both those produced in the first person from Amazon and those of third parties. It is recalled in the first place, the speaker Amzon Echo, but there are also products of other companies: the 'smart' doorbell Bot Home, to get to Web-connected toys ToyMail that answer the questions using Alexa.

Lack of more precise details on the availability of the new representative of Alexa devices powered by Amazon, which would be added the Echo, the Echo Tap and Dot already on the market. A new device designed for use in the kitchen is a likely scenario, assuming that Amazon intends to convey its voice assistant leveraging an ecosystem increasingly articulated smart home products.