The new Amazon.com Inc. Echo, left, and Echo Plus sit on display during the company's product reveal launch event in downtown Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Amazon unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its popular Alexa-powered Echo speaker that the e-commerce giant said has better sound. Photographer: Daniel Berman/Bloomberg
The first augmented-reality glasses with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will be shown at CES in Las Vegas – manufactured by a 75-employee company rather than the e-commerce giant’s growing devices division.
Vuzix Corp will show off a pair of smart glasses that can talk to Amazon.com Inc’s voice-activated digital assistant and display information to the wearer’s field of view, Vuzix chief executive officer Paul Travers said in an interview. Vuzix’s Alexa integration is part of an Amazon programme that allows third-party hardware manufacturers to put the digital assistant into their products. In October, Sonos Inc unveiled a smart speaker with Alexa’s system for controlling music playback. The strategy is designed to put Amazon’s service, which generates revenue for the company, in as many places as possible to sell more products.
