7 Reasons Amazon's Echo Frames Won't Catch On
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently unveiled Echo Frames, a pair of Alexa-powered smartglasses that can link to Android phones to read notifications, play audio, and make phone calls from directional speakers. A special VIP filter enables users to control which notifications are read aloud.
Wearers can access all the same Alexa offerings -- like news and weather summaries, purchases, and control of smart home devices -- featured on the Echo speakers. Unlike most other smartglasses, though, the Echo Frames look like a typical pair of glasses. Customers can also add prescription lenses by taking the Frames to an optician.
Amazon calls the Frames a "day one" product for tech enthusiasts which can only be bought via an invitation, indicating that it isn't too confident in the device's mainstream appeal. I personally think that this odd device will flop, for seven simple reasons.
Source Fool.com
