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It’s been more than six years since the original Echo made its debut in 2014. At the time, it was the very first ever always-listening smart speaker. The design itself was different from most gadgets, ditching the familiar boxy or rectangular shape that people had grown accustomed to by cramming the smart speaker’s components into a cylinder. While the device had its benefits, many of ’s critics mocked it with some believing it was a useless gimmick that would never become mainstream. By now, I think we can all agree that those critics were wrong. Shortly after the Echo’s […]
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