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If you want to finish that article in 20 minutes, try to
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time without letting quality slip. know will come easily and make the most of that
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Echo Auto

Amazon brings Alexa smart to my car

By Jasmine Blue D’Katz

I cannot drive and the only time I get to ride in the car is mount, it was easier to use Velcro an attach it to the cen-
the way to the Vet. I still do not know why daddy want- ter console. This also made it easier to plug into the 12V
ed an echo in the car, but why not. He can already ask USB adapter in the console.
Alexa to start the Jeep, and that is redundant because
he can do the same with the key fob. So, I guess he in-
stalled the echo auto to refresh his memory. Echo Auto connects to you Alexa and makes life easier by
letting your voice control his world. The eight-microphone

array is hardened against howling wind and road noise
Like the in-home Alexa, he can play music, check the that Alexa can hear him when he is speeding down the
news, or make a call through the car speaker. Again, he highway with the windows rolled down. By plugging the
can already make phone calls because of Apple Play in echo auto into the AUX jack in the Jeep, Echo Auto doubles
the Jeep. as a Bluetooth audio adapter and speakerphone. In the
instructions, it says you can stream music by doing this,

but he prefers to listen to his satellite radio, and we don’t
So once the Echo Auto is connected to the car Bluetooth have a Spotify, Pandora, or Apple Music account to attach
he has all the other convinces of Alexa in the car. I know to the Echo Auto. Although, if we did, it would work the
he always ask Alexa what is on his calendar which keeps same as the Alexa’s in the house, and being able to ask for
him up to date on all Zoom meeting, but recently echo his favorite artist, playlist, or song.
auto reminded him of an upcoming meeting while he
was in the car because of the two-hour reminder in his
calendar. No rush, but he made it home before the Cars are getting smarter every year, but the Echo Auto fills
meeting, but if not reminded, he would have forgotten in the void that our 2015 Jeep does not have currently.
it. It is also convenient to have his todo and shopping list Hopefully, our next Jeep will have what is missing. The
available in the car without having to check his Echo Auto has been used to control smart devices within
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