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   ExtraBITS for 4 September 2017

   TidBITS Staff

   Between Hurricane Harvey and the pre-Apple event tech news vacuum, we
   have only one ExtraBIT for you this week: Amazon Echo devices now
   support multi-room audio.

   [1]Amazon Echo Gains Multi-Room Audio Capabilities -- If you own
   multiple Amazon Echo devices like the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo
   Show, you can now link them to play music throughout your home. The
   system currently supports Amazon Music, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and
   Pandora, with support for Spotify and SiriusXM coming soon. You can use
   the Alexa app to group Echo devices into collections like 'upstairs'
   and 'downstairs.' This addition puts the Echo's audio capabilities more
   on par with both Apple's upcoming HomePod and the Sonos speaker system.

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References

   1. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2297100
   2. http://tidbits.com/article/17429#comments

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