Amazon’s Echo, a smart speaker controlled by Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa, and the smaller Echo Dot are completely sold out on Amazon’s website and won’t become available until after the holidays. Source: Statista
The Echo and Alexa are key elements of Amazon's strategy to sidestep Google's and Apple's control of the smart home market. For more on Amazon's battle with Google and Microsoft for the smart home, see my recent report for STL Partners.
