Amazon Echo is an AI personal assistant that will help you shop, manage smart home devices, and act as a DJ and news aggregator.Amazon Echo will always be known for bringing smart functionality to the speaker world. And it was all thanks to Alexa, Amazon’s voice AI, that brought the speaker to life. Granted, it was a gimmick at first but Amazon has been vocal about improving Alexa and it’s now a vital and voracious part of the smart home puzzle And now it's got a new look, a cheaper price and slightly different controls - like with the Echo Dot, you now press buttons to turn the volume up and down compared with turning the top of the device on the old model. The chassis of the main old Amazon Echo, complete with its lovely volume-turning wheel, now forms the more expensive Echo Plus model. The design of the new Echo is clearly designed to better fit into a living space, with a choice of sandstone, charcoal or heather grey fabric finishes as well as premium oak, silver