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News | 07/31/2018

Amazon opens up ESP (Cloud base) to all Alexa enabled devices


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Amazon and Alexa: Cloud-Based ESP

Nearly two years ago, Amazon introduced its first Echo device. A non-cloud-based ESP - Echo Spatial Perception, responsive to nearby echoes. Echo devices closest to your home or surroundings will respond as per the definition of ESP.

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Since then Amazon is trying hard to expand Amazon echo feature to a third-party-device. On the other, hand most Alexa enabled devices don’t support ESP. Therefore, Amazon has now changed and moved ESP to the cloud. How well it is and how Alexa enabled devices will work? is still a question but certainly, users are going to enjoy it at their home.

Users will appreciate it!

Cloud-based ESP is a technology upgrade to use multiple Alexa devices. When a user asks or commands any ECHO DEVICE, echo device responds to the user as per the query. Here comes a turning point.

Imagine a 3BHK home, with echo devices kept in every 3 rooms including kitchen. How will echo device now react?

Previously, Alexa-Enabled-Devices couldn’t access ESP. However, as the ESP is shifting to cloud these devices will now be able without any software or hardware upgrade. More importantly, a user now can run an echo show at his/her home.

Users will appreciate ECHO DEVICE

Amazon Echo, Echo Dot all are now considered as Alexa enabled devices. Whenever a user speaks to Alexa, all the in-range echo devices use to listen.

“Alexa devices highlights their listening indicator by flashing off a blue light. But now, with Cloud-based ESP, the Alexa device nearest to you will respond by shutting down the listening features of other Alexa device.”

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Isn’t it a smart home automation search query system?

Alexa enabled devices will now work more intelligently even in the noisy environments. Moreover, their accuracy of hearing and response will be far better after cloud-based ESP.

Ask anything to Alexa, get answered from the Amazon’s smart speaker.

The device is capable in giving you the information about any real-time information on sports, traffic, news, weather, along with voice interaction, music playback, setting alarms, playing audiobooks, streaming podcasts and many more. Alexa can control smart devices by making itself as a home automation system.

Generally, users activate Alexa devices by using a small wake-up word, “Alexa”. Besides in iOS and Android App, a user has to push a button on the mobile phone to activate Alexa’s listening mode.

The only drawback with Alexa is its language selection that allows only English, German, French, and Japanese for current interaction and communication.

A compatible app is available on Apple App store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore that allow users of Alexa to install extra skills from Alexa skill kit for their own personal home automation system. Altogether, Alexa is a new generation speaker with an inbuilt brain always ready to answer about anything.

The Science of Alexa: How She Works?

Alexa is a great example of voice-controlled intelligent computers from science fiction movies. Amazon Alexa is made of Amazon Echo + Alexa, together they make Alexa enabled device. Amazon Echo is a cylindrical inbuilt Bluetooth omnidirectional speaker. Hence, it transfers and receives information from all direction. Also, the same is considered as the concept of Echo. Echo thus connects to the internet via your own home WIFI network. Subsequently, Alexa is considered as the built-in brain and she makes the whole Amazon Echo works.

Step-wise guide of Alexa’s Working

  1. Wake your Amazon Echo by calling the word “Alexa”
  2. As soon as Alexa, Amazon Echo’s built-in computer recognizes the word, starts recording your voice.
  3. Now Alexa sends this recording to Amazon over the internet after you are finished speaking.
  4. The voice is then converted to commands by Alexa Voice Services which is also known as a voice to text conversion.
  5. Now the cloud services will store your queries for the future uses and via the internet gives solutions to Alexa via commands.
  6. Finally, again AVS (Alexa Voice Service) converts command/text into an audio file.
  7. Therefore, we listen that audio in the response to our query.

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Like mentioned above, Alexa is omnidirectional and works on the concept of echo. Eventually, it means that Alexa and Echo are capable of doing lots of things.

Unfortunately, AVS technology is now very common and Alexa now has many competitors. For instance, Google’s OK Google; Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana. They use the same approach of voice services and voice commands but aren’t too integrated and flexible like Alexa.

However, to win the competition Amazon, therefore, has given the users a liberty to add skills based on cloud ESP (Echo Spatial Perception).

Echo are capable of doing lots of things

Above could be a possible reason why Amazon wants people to build more such devices that can work smartly from voice controlled instruction. The fact that Amazon’s Alexa can dominate all the devices at your home, the day is not far enough when a user will control all the devices from voice via Alexa Voice Services.

At present, Amazon Alexa is easily accessible with all the electronic devices manufactured by Amazon is especially known as the supported device. Few are listed below:

  1. Amazon Smart Speakers - Amazon Echo, Amazon Echo Plus, Amazon Echo Dot and Amazon Tap.
    Other smart Speakers- Lenovo Smart Assistant, Sonos One Smart Speaker, LG SmartThinQ Hub, Invoxia Triby etc.
  2. TVs and Media Boxes- Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire TV Cube, Amazon Fire TV Stick and Element 43-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV.
  3. Phones and Tablets- Amazon HD Tablets, Huawei Mate 9, HTC U11, Moto X and Moto Smart Speakers.
  4. Laptops and Desktops- Asus ZenBook, VivoBook laptops, HP Pavilion Wave Desktop, Lenovo Thinkpad and Acer Aspires desktops and laptops.
  5. Smart Home- Amazon Dash Wand, Nucleus Anywhere Intercom, LG instaview Smart Refrigerator etc.
  6. Wearables and Earphones- Lynx Robot, OV by ONvocal headphones, iMCO CoWatch etc.
  7. Automotives- Ford, BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen Vehicles etc.
  8. Others- EchoSim - Website, Amazon iOS and Android shopping apps (only for purchasing products from Amazon.com), Amazon Music iOS and Android apps (only for music playback) and Amazon Alexa mobile app.

How to connect Alexa to WIFI?

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As we had discussed, Alexa works with various devices. However, a stable internet connection is mandatory to let Amazon Echo speak, process commands and stream media. The most stable internet connection can be obtained at your home as a personal wifi connection. Thus, before we begin, firstly download Alexa App from Amazon Appstore. Secondly, plug in your Amazon Echo into a power outlet.

Amazon Echo cannot connect to the ad-hoc network because of two main issues;

  1. Ad-hoc network signal strength is less which results in less speed supporting 11 Mbps connection speed. While WIFI devices used with 54 Mbps speed will be dropped when used in the ad-hoc network
  2. Ad-hoc devices offer less security due to which attackers will have less difficulty in connecting to your device. However, to keep your Alexa App mobile/smartphone free from Malware, you can download FREE MALWARE REMOVAL TOOL.

Hence, the best WIFI network for Amazon Echo or commonly called as Alexa is dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz) networks.

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Stepwise guide to set Alexa App and Amazon Echo;

  • Download the Alexa App and sign-in;
    Alexa App is free where you can set your device, set alarms, shopping lists etc. You can find Alexa App on phones and tablets only with free Fire OS 3.0 or higher, Android 4.4 or higher and iOS 8.0 or higher.
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  • Open the left navigation panel of Alexa App and select settings.
  • In settings, add a new device to your account by selecting set up a new device. After this update your WIFI.
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  • Now hold and press the action button at your Amazon Echo device until the light ring changes to orange. This will establish a connection between the Amazon Echo device and your mobile device via WIFI network.

Here Alexa app will ask you to connect your device through WIFI settings to Amazon Echo device.

  1. Scan your WIFI network, add network and enter the password as per need.
  2. Save your WIFI password to Amazon because whenever you will connect a new Alexa device to your network, the saved password will appear automatically.
  3. Finally, select connect, a confirmation message will appear in the app.
  4. You now can use your Alexa

Wake your Amazon Alexa by speaking “Alexa”, see the blue light flashes. Though we may feel that the connection developed between the mobile device and Alexa is secure and stable, one should not take it for granted.

The reason behind this is IOT whose explosion around the world has given more opportunities to steal our shared information without our knowledge.

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Research from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners reveals that approximately 20 million Echo devices are presently installed in the USA and Alexa is their virtual assistant.

Thus, if you are concerned about your information security and privacy then below few steps can make your Alexa-enabled devices secure.

  • Protect Your Network- Enable the Wifi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol on your home wifi router. This will secure your all passwords and will set a firewall to restrict any other connection.
  • Make Your Amazon Password Strong- As we know, Alexa wakes up with the word ‘Alexa’. Thus, even an outsider can get access to your Alexa device. Therefore, set a strong log-in before waking Alexa. And don’t share the log-in password with others.
  • Delete Your Old Recordings- Having your conversations and recordings at Alexa or Amazon Echo may cause you great problems. Thus, keep a fixed schedule to delete your history of recordings. Recordings are stored in Amazon cloud. To delete history, follow this small manual guide:
    1. Open your Alexa app and go to settings.
    2. From settings select, History in Alexa app.
    3. Delete it directly from Amazon cloud.
  • Before you connect any third party to Alexa, always read all the third-party privacy policies rather than digging through data.

Amazon Echo is open to all the age groups as it works as an assistant. However, the Amazon Echo (3rd generation) has some new skills that are helpful to kids. As Amazon is making it easier for all Alexa devices to work together, a few days back Amazon is planning to release Echo’s (3rd generation). Echo 3rd Gen will have only improved sound quality with the increased battery life.

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Are working multiple Amazon Echo worth it?

The setting up of multiple Amazon Echo is easy with Alexa app from your mobile device. Furthermore, Amazon Alexa will work on the basis of ESP - Echo Spatial Perception. Thus, the closest echo will respond first to your voice. For most of the part, Amazon echo will work individually.

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Following are the areas, where multiple echoes may work together:

  • Same music in multiple locations
  • Setting same timers and alarms on multiple echoes
  • Intercom system through multiple echoes
  • Shopping lists and to do lists
  • Synced calendars
  • Automatic home-based small automation system especially for electronic devices

Due to syncing and multiple functionalities, several Amazon Echo devices looks worthful. But, then comes the security issue of Alexa always ready to wake up. Moreover, listening and recording voices directly to Amazon cloud. Buying Amazon Echo is worthful when security concerns are taken care off.

Amazon Echo Smart Speakers - What Can Alexa do an Overview

FAQs

  • What devices work with Alexa?

Devices based wireless protocols works well with Alexa. These devices mainly include smart TVs, Smartphones, Tablets, Earphones and Computer Systems. But, devices should be connected through a home-based local wifi network.

  • Can Alexa make a phone call?

Yes, of course! Wake your Alexa and ask her to call anyone anytime. Only Amazon Echo users who have Alexa App installed in their iOS and Android devices can make calls.

  • What kind of search queries can I ask Alexa?

Alexa works on AVS technology that is connected via the internet. Thus, treat Alexa as a search engine and feel free to ask anything. A user can also ask Alexa to play Barack Obama’s Presidential speeches.

  • What are the skills of Alexa?

Enabling skills of Alexa is very easy with the Alexa App. However, the Amazon Echo or Alexa has the ability to ride your every order. Alexa almost can do anything. More importantly, it can run your own home automation.

  • What is the difference between Amazon Echo and Alexa?

Amazon Echo is a smart speaker developed by amazon.com. Further, the device connects to an intelligent voice assistant service Alexa. Amazon Echo has all the features of Alexa in itself.

  • Can Alexa be used in the phone?

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is used in iPhone only. Android users don’t have such facility to use Alexa voice services directly on their Android mobile.

  • Can Amazon Echo work as personal intercom?

Multiple Amazon Echo in your home can work as an intercom. In this case, the Echo closest to you will respond first to your query

  • Is Alexa always listening?

Yes, they are always listening and waits to hear their activation word “ALEXA”.

  • Is Alexa always recording?

Amazon has always denied that Alexa records 24x7. But, whatever Alexa records are saved on the cloud.

  • How do I change Alexa name?

To avoid listening and recording, a user can change the wake-up word Alexa into some other word from your free Alexa App present in your mobile.

  • How much Alexa cost?

The latest Amazon Echo Plus now costs $149.


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