Before April Fool's Day last year, Amazon, the e-commerce site, launched a shopping button hardware, such as a "toilet paper" button attached to the toilet, which automatically issued an order for the purchase of toilet paper when pressed. This delicate hardware has been well received by the outside world. A few days ago, Amazon has upgraded this button to a major feature, and launched a new version, which will become the universal button for the Internet of Things and smart home, such as starting a car or purchasing a network video service.
Amazon's previous button is called "Amazon Dash Button", and different products (such as a brand of washing powder) launched a dedicated button, which is convenient for users to purchase daily. This physical button is priced at $5.
When Amazon first started selling, it launched a shopping button with 18 products, but the function of the button is directly related to a certain product, which limits the function of the intelligent hardware.
According to the US technology news website PCWorld, a few days ago, Amazon carried out major functional upgrades based on the Dash button, and realized integration with cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and smart home. The new button will be referred to as the "AWS IoT Button" (meaning "Amazon Cloud Computing IoT Button").
However, the new buttons will be more complex to use, and users may need to be a professional developer familiar with the various architectures and interfaces of Amazon's cloud computing services (such as Lambda, DynamoDB, SNS, etc.). If you have some development capabilities, this button will be able to do everything, users can insert a number of lines and Amazon cloud computing related code, you can let the button access a variety of Internet services.
For the extended function of this button, Amazon officially said that the user can start the car, open the garage door, call a taxi, call the lover or contact a sales representative at the touch of a button. The user can also track each Kind of household equipment, management of household medicines and other miscellaneous items.
Amazon said the button could be the remote control for Netflix's online video service, or the switch for Philips light bulbs, and the equipment for Airbnb (network short-term rental service) tenants, or the tool to quickly order pizza.
According to Amazon, developers in the future can integrate buttons and various Internet service development interfaces, such as Twitter, Facebook, Slack, etc., or the relevant software interfaces of the company where the user is located.
Amazon's strategy of opening up to the outside world is very similar to another Echo device that uses voice to enjoy connected life, control smart home, and Alexa, the voice assistant service behind it. Third parties can develop a variety of Echo services that provide network services directly through voice input and output.
Amazon's chief technology officer, Werner Vogels, also said that as long as the functionality can be done through the Alexa voice assistant, it can also be done through the new IoT button.
According to reports, Amazon's new IoT button has begun to be sold on the official website, priced at $19.95, but this product soon sold out. The button's battery can support 1000 presses.
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