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Amazon’s Echo lineup got a fat fresh addition in June with the launch of the Echo Demonstrate, a wise speaker married to a touchscreen and camera for movie calling. Now, Facebook is reportedly working on a hardware product of its own, and it sounds strikingly similar to what Amazon cooked up, along with at least one other device that sounds a lot like the standard Echo.
According to the report, Facebook’s movie talk gadget is being designed in its hardware-focused Building eight division. The device features a large screen somewhere in the neighborhood of fourteen inches and looks something like a laptop, minus the keyboard, with a stand that holds the display, and built-in microphones, speakers, and a camera that can track individuals.
Along with its Showcase clone, Facebook is also allegedly planning on rolling out its own wise speaker. The unannounced device will come accomplish with the company’s very own voice assistant which would rival with Alexa and Siri, which will be featured in the movie talk device as well.
It’s unclear at this point whether the devices will run on some version of a Facebook operating system, but the insiders quoted in the report noted that Android was a candidate as well, at least at one point in the devices’ development.
If you’re thinking that this sounds an awful lot like Facebook attempting to copy the entire Echo lineup in one fell swoop, that’s because, well, it truly truly does. Facebook has never been bashful about copying the ideas of its competitors, and if the company’s constant cloning of fresh Snapchat features is any indication, Facebook won’t lose any sleep over accusations that it’s also being “inspired” by Amazon.