In December, I received an invitation to purchase an Echo, a niche consumer device offered by Amazon. I took them up on the offer, and have now been using Echo for about a week.
The Echo was easy to set up. You basically plug it in, then follow the prompts on a phone app to configure the Echo for wifi. It connects to your home network the same way you'd connect a Chromecast -- You connect to its private wifi network with your phone, then use the software to choose your home wifi network and provide the password.
