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Amazon Alexa Voice Assistant Being Added To Wearable
- Bidness, Monday, June 6, 2016 9:05 AM
Pebble has announced that Amazon’s Alexa will be integrated into Pebble Core via the 3G SIM slot, making it the first standalone wearable to incorporate the voice assistant. It will initially be available to the device’s Kickstarter backers; 52,670+ backers contributed a total of $10 million (despite the goal being $1 million) for the Pebble 2, Time 2, and Pebble Core devices. Alexa by Amazon.com Inc. was so far restricted mainly to Amazon products, but the Pebble Core will open its doors to the general public. The core itself is a fairly innovative product — the device does not have a display — but acts as a pretty good fitness tracking and music-enabled companion.
