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Do you need Alexa?

With Amazon’s release of the second-generation of Echo, more and more households are being confronted with the age-old question: to buy or not to buy? It’s a simple question, long answer.

The hundreds of thousands of reviews of the Alexa and Echo system are mostly good, somewhat bad. For families that want to spend less time picking up their Smartphone for every simple task (like turning on music and seeing how long it’ll take to drive to a destination), Alexa has been incredibly useful. The possibilities of what she’ll be able to do in the future seem endless. However, there were thousands of reviews from people who didn’t find the setup of Alexa user-friendly, and it seems some models had glitches that caused Alexa to start talking without being given a command. Creepy.

If you’re considering jumping on the Alexa-bandwagon, we think it’s a really cool gadget that does a lot of really cool things. However, as newer models and editions come out over the years, you will spend a pretty penny to keep updating yours. If you’re okay with that, then take the plunge and buy an Alexa.

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