On Thursday , Amazon unveiled the Echo Dot mini ##phone navigation system , a smaller version of the company 's Echo product , which has the ability to call alarms , call taxis or announce the weather forecast through the Alexa voice assistant app . Retailing at $ 89.99 , half the price of the original , the smart Dot offers the same Alexa system integrated in the phone or in Amazon 's Fire TV .
On Thursday, Amazon unveiled the Echo Dot mini-speaker system, a smaller version of the company's Echo product, which has the ability to set alarms, call taxis or announce the weather forecast through the Alexa voice assistant software. Retailing at $89.99, half the price of the original, the Echo Dot offers the same Alexa system integrated in the Echo or in Amazon's Fire TV.