Amazon's Alexa escapes the Echo and gets into cars

Amazon’s smart voice assistant takes to the road with new accessory for anything from music and audiobooks to shopping and smarthome controlAmazon’s Alexa voice assistant is making its way into cars in the UK, bringing voice controlled music and even the ability to remotely control smart home devices onto the road.
The freeing of Alexa from the confines of Amazon’s Echo and Echo Dot is happening due to the launch of the company’s Alexa Voice Services in the UK, which port