[Thomas] over at Workshop Nation thought this human touch was missing from his Amazon Echo, and therefore set out to give Alexa a face in a project he christened Alexatron. The basic idea was to ...

This week, Amazon rolled out a feature that it’s calling Alexa Announcements, which allows users to broadcast voice messages throughout their home using every Echo device connected to the network.

To sum up this Amazon Echo Flex review: this is the best smart speaker if you're looking for something small and cheap to control your smart home, but you don't need a fully-fledged speaker.