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Amazon Echo Now Available to All Customers
Amazon Press Center, 2015
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- What it is
- Amazon's press release of June 23, 2015, announcing that Echo, the device built around Alexa, can be ordered by all US customers. It says Amazon introduced Echo seven months earlier.
- How much weight it carries
- The company's own press release, reliable for when Amazon introduced Echo relative to June 23, 2015. It gives no calendar date for the introduction, so the month is calculated from 'seven months ago'.
Facts taken from this source
- Amazon's press release of June 23, 2015 says Amazon introduced Echo seven months earlier, which places the introduction of Echo, the device built around Alexa, in November 2014.
“Seven months ago, Amazon introduced Echo, a new category of device designed around your voice.” (Press release, first paragraph)