The company Amazon It seems that you have bought Evi, a voice recognition service that is already available on Google Play, and that can act as a virtual assistant in a similar way to how Siri works. Therefore, rumors about the possible arrival of a phone from this company have been triggered.
The purchase appears to have been priced at $ 26 million. Some media, such as Android Authority they give the transaction as finalized, but what is certain is that a representative of Octupus, a company that develops Evi, he has "declined to make any kind of comment”. Therefore, we must wait for an official confirmation ... although movements such as an announced change of director and various meetings held indicate that the news is totally real.
This has only triggered rumors about the possible arrival of a amazon phone, something with which I have been speculating for a long time and that some place for after the summer. The new terminal, from what is discussed, would have an Android operating system (modified, as with the Kindle Fire tablet) and it seems that it would have a 4,5-inch screen. In addition, it could have all kinds of its own applications from the beginning, such as the voice assistant.
Evi would be an addition, not something new
The truth is that this purchase is not the arrival of a new segment by Amazon, since we must not forget that in January the company bought Ivonna, which is also dedicated to voice recognition. So it looks like you already have the two pieces that are needed to deliver good service to attendees: recognition and application technology that takes advantage of this.
What is clear is that with this purchase of Evi, a definitive step is taken for the arrival of an assistant from Amazon itself, who will surely be integrated into Kindle Fire and, from what is said, on a possible phone. But certainly this better positions the largest online sales store in terms of mobility services, something essential to provide a good service to users who decide on their models.
Of course, all this does not mean that the phone is a reality, but it is no less true that this type of movement has only indicated that this device could arrive, since the services and companies that Amazon is buying They are the ones currently used by other companies in their products.