Alexa’s footprints are starting to appear all over the place

While Google is doing its impression of a petulant child, storming home from the park with its football tucked under its arm, Amazon has drafted a host of reinforcements for its Alexa offensive.
For the most part, the majority of the news which has been swirling around the Amazon factory is hardware related. It has released a new speaker, the Echo Plus, which has a built-in smart home hub, a new variation for the Echo family, the Spot, which looks like an alarm clock, and also a new TV, but we&r