The cable giant everyone loves to hate is reportedly planning to expand into a hardware category dominated by Amazon and Google, with a device along those lines coming as soon as next year.
Comcast has been working for more than a year now on a healthcare-focused device described as similar to the Amazon Echo, which the company hopes to start a pilot test for later this year. That’s according to a Tuesday report from CNBC, which notes that the device as envisioned wouldn’t be used for tasks like turning on lights or surfing the web.
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Comcast is working on an Amazon Echo rival that tracks your health originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 21 May 2019 at 20:08:21 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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