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Amazon’s new Echo Auto — a $50 credit card-sized box that sits on your dashboard and brings Alexa to your car — is a lot of things at once. It’s a relatively cheap way to smarten up a car that might ...

The Amazon Echo Auto puts Alexa in the car, but it doesn’t bring anything new to the game. Amazon’s strategy of putting Alexa everywhere is hampered by one key fact: It doesn’t make a phone. That ...

Apple CarPlay and Android Auto? Dude, that’s so 15 minutes ago. Amazon’s Alexa assistant is the latest must-have vehicle app as carmakers rush to put connectivity on wheels. Alexa offers similar ...

As well as their range of new Echo devices, Amazon also announced Echo Auto, the company is planning to bring Alexa to your car. Echo Auto is a new device that plugs into your car and connects to ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Today Amazon held a hardware event that was loaded ...