Echo Loop Puts Amazon’s Alexa Voice Assistant on Your Finger

Realizing that more and more Indians want to marry her (more than a million proposed her recently and she declined all of them), Alexa has decided to come closer to you in the form of a smart ring that you can soon wear, even if you can still not tie the nuptial knot with Amazon's virtual assistant. The Alexa-enabled smart ring called Echo Loop is available for $129.99 (strictly by invitation) currently in the US, so no gate-crashing here.

Amazon says the price will increase to $179.99 after the introductory period.

With access to Alexa at your fingertips via Echo Loop, simply press the action button to ask for the right amount to tip at dinner, confirm you locked the front door, or announce you're on your way home.

Echo Loop can also be used for short phone calls; just set a top contact and double click the action button to give them a call.

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