Amazon continued an autumn ritual this week releasing a new generation of Echo smart speaker products that ‘do stuff’ around the house. Echo, better known by its wake word, ‘Alexa,’ can be queried about the weather, stream news and music on demand and serves as a robotic assistant that responds to voice commands to control home lighting and much more. With this year’s introduction of 13 new products and applications, Amazon’s Alexa will connect its users to premium speakers, a smart wall clock and even to a new microwave oven that will ensure that you effectively warm up your just delivered meal kit.