Steve Wozniak thinks Amazon Echo will be the next great online platform

In a recent interview with CNBC this past week, the multi-talented and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, expressed how much you liked the Amazon Echo where he even declared that it will be »the next big platform in the near future«.

For all those who do not know what the Amazon Echo is, it is simply a bluetooth speaker that apart from playing music or audio files is also capable of receiving voice commands with the inclusion of a virtual assistant named Alexa that will remind us of Siri a lot to all of us who have an iPhone.

However, Wozniak has conveyed his excitement for the project by saying:

I'm very happy right now with everything that surrounds the Amazon Echo, oddly enough. If I'm right, I think it will be the next great platform in the near future […] It will simply change the vision we have of a part of our life, that is, not having to press or lift anything, just talk to him at any point in the room is a luxury and gives us freedom.

In this way Wozniak explained how it was incredible to book an Uber trip or ask for some paper towels, where if the Amazon Echo know your last order on Amazon, he can ask you again for another.

He was even joking about the situation where he asked the speaker to order another Echo. But the most important thing is that we do not have to remember which application does that task or that, we simply order that you buy a product, reserve a table ... and it will do it automatically.

John Macfarlane, Sonos CEO, a company recently acquired by Apple, recently praised the Amazon Echo as well:

This product is the first truly to be able to integrate full voice control within the home. Its popularity with consumers will accelerate innovation across the industry. What is new today could become a standard tomorrow.

The Amazon Echo can is priced at $ 179,99 on the american amazon website, but unfortunately now there is no stock and they indicate an estimated delivery from March 31st. This model also comes along with other more affordable that also have Alexa, the first is the Amazon two for $ 89,99 and the Amazon Tap for $ 129,99.