LG didn’t think its smart hub was Echo-like enough so it added Alexa

LG’s SmartThinQ Hub is a lot like the Amazon Echo. It looks like an Echo. It’s designed to control your home like an Echo. And now, it has Alexa, like… you guessed it… an Echo. Part of the Amazon Voice Service — a program that licenses Alexa software to those that want to integrate it — the SmartThinQ Hub has a few limitations, but it’s essentially an Amazon Echo with fewer Amazon-centric features. The device allows you to control other SmartThinQ compatible devices strictly through voice control, but for the Echo-like functionality you have to physically press a button on…

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