Everyone Loves Alexa

This year’s CES was positively bursting with gadgetry that works with Amazon’s AI personal assistant Alexa – the Siri/Cortana-like ‘voice’ of Amazon Echo. Ranging from an outright Echo competitor (the Lenovo Smart Assistant) to Ford’s SYNC3 in-car infotainment system, via robot vacuum cleaners, security cameras, Huawei’s Mate 9 phone and ’smart’ light bulbs, plugs and kitchen appliances galore, there were over 30 such products on display – more than the number of Siri or Google Home-enabled devices put together.