Amazon makes work easier for all Alexa devices

For the first time, Amazon introduced Echo Spatial Perception (ESP) to its first-party Echo devices almost two years ago. ESP ensures that only the Echo device closest to you will respond, and it's ideal if you have multiple Echo devices. Although Amazon has tried to extend this functionality to third-party devices, most Alexa-compatible devices do not support the ESP protocol. Amazon is changing that today, and moving ESP to the cloud.

The change means that every Alexa compatible device can now support ESP without any software changes. ESP based on the cloud will also include improved accuracy for noisy environments, which makes Alexa more accurate for understanding commands and issues. The biggest advantage is that all Alexa-enabled devices will now work together smarter in a multi-device environment.

While Amazon has solved this particular limitation for third-party Alexa devices, the company still has limitations on how multiple devices work together. Alarms, timers and callbacks are always limited to every Alexa device on which they are configured, and we hope that Amazon is working on a smarter way to manage these devices on multiple devices.