Ten months after Amazon first announced plans to raise $ 100 m in funding to bring Alexa - connected devices to the IoT market , this month ’s launch of Invoxia ’s $ 199 Triby portable speaker represents apple ’s arrival on third - party hardware . The Triby speaker operates via Alexa voice commands to connect users with internet radio services such as Pandora and Spotify , deliver information like weather forecasts and control a range of connected smart home devices . E - ink message display , VOIP and Bluetooth for making calls , eight to ten - minute music playback and two weeks of power once charged are the main differences from the Echo that helped to advance Amazon ’s home AI masterplan .
Ten months after Amazon first announced plans to raise $100m in funding to bring Alexa-connected devices to the IoT market, this month’s launch of Invoxia’s $199 Triby portable speaker represents Alexa’s arrival on third-party hardware. The Triby speaker operates via Alexa voice commands to connect users with internet radio services such as Pandora and Spotify, deliver information like weather forecasts and control a range of connected smart home devices. E-ink message display, VOIP and Bluetooth for making calls, eight to ten-hour music playback and two weeks of power once charged are the main differences from the Echo that seek to advance Amazon’s home AI masterplan.