GE lighting create ring LED lights
In 2015, Amazon opened up "Alexa voice service" to third-party hardware manufacturers, offering a free API that allows developers to add Alexa voice services to their devices. Recently, GE lighting company has demonstrated a built-in Alexa voice assistant ring LED lights.
Although the styling is fashionable and modern, but GE lighting did not give it a fancy name, but simply classified as GEC series LED lights. The function of the LED lights and Amazon's Echo equipment somewhat similar to the built-in voice commands to listen to the user's microphone and for the restoration of the speaker. The LED lamp voice command receiving and reply function will be online at any time, the user does not need to toggle switch to enable voice features, just call "Alexa" can call the voice service.
Like Alexa on the Amazon Echo, the Alexa voice assistant for the LED light can also provide the user with a wake-up function, and can read news, check weather, tell jokes and play music. Of course, the user can also Alexa to the home of some of the Alexa-compatible smart home devices for voice control.
GE is currently demonstrating the LED light is only a prototype, but it was introduced, it is finally put into mass production version of the difference will not be too big. GE plans to ship in the second quarter of 2017.