Amazon’s excellent mic system could soon end up in third-party Alexa devices

Amazon already lets other companies build the Echo’s voice assistant, Alexa, into their own products, and now it’s going to start letting them build in the Echo’s microphone system, too.
Companies building Alexa into their own products will be able to apply to use the Echo’s seven-mic system and the software Amazon has built out to make those seven microphones so good at listening to what owners have to say.
Companies have to apply to Amazon for access
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