With integrated wireless connectivity, voice recognition, and home automation support, the black Amazon Echo isn't your typical wireless speaker. Equipped with dual-band Wi-Fi and a 7-microphone array, the Echo connects to your home's wireless network and allows you to intuitively play music, check the weather and traffic anywhere in the US, hear sports scores, and more. Using far-field voice recognition technology, the built-in microphones allow the Echo to recognize your voice from any direction in the room, even while music is playing. Thanks to its 360° omni-directional design, the speaker emits sound in all directions. Bluetooth is also on-board, enabling the Echo to wirelessly pair and play audio from a variety of audio sources, such as smartphones and tablets.

Setup: Guided by the free Alexa companion app, setup is design to be simple and straightforward

Audible: Play audiobooks from Audible and built-in Whispersync for Voice allows you to continue right where you left off

Calendar: Check your upcoming schedule by asking what's on your Google calendar

Shopping: Restock on previously purchased items by re-ordering Prime-eligible products in your Amazon shopping history

Sports: Ask for sports scores and schedules from the NFL, NBA, MLS, MLB, NHL, NCAA, WNBA, and more

Pandora: Listen to and discover music from Pandora's library of over 1 million tracks.

News and Weather: Hear up-to-the-minute weather and news from a variety of sources, including local radio stations, NPR, and ESPN from TuneIn (weather and traffic support is limited to US use)

Questions and Answers: Get information from Wikipedia, definitions, answers to common questions, and more

Alarms, Timers, and Lists: Stay on time and organized with voice-controlled alarms, timers, shopping lists, and to-do lists