Gadgetory

alexa has already broken free of amazon's branded echo speakers lenovo now adds another to the list with the home assistant pack which connects the existing lenovo tab for tablet to an echo like speaker slide the tablet into a groove on the side of the speaker and the tablet screen becomes a status window for Alexa it's similar to but not quite as in-depth as what you see on the echo show the cylindrical three watch speaker listens for the familiar wakeup command Alexa and in a brief hands-on test the system responded well to voice commands including playing music offering a weather report and playing a streaming radio station but the audio quality was better suited to news than music the visuals are provided by a custom Lenovo app which needs to be downloaded to your tab for tablet asking for the weather put a basic weather report up on the screen and song will show the title and artist but there were no read-along lyrics and no TV and movie playback as you get with the echo show but keep in mind the echo shows two hundred and twenty nine dollars while the Lenovo home assistant is only 70 dollars if you already have a compatible Lenovo tablet that is