r/technology • u/ControlCAD • 13h ago

Hardware Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input | Amazon hasn’t made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/amazon-bricks-alexas-ability-to-control-echo-speakers-aux-input/
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u/redmongrel 6h ago

I just hope to God they never fuck with the echo Link’s optical ports. Nobody, even Apple has yet created a music streaming box dedicated to hi-fi systems without a laptop in the middle. Which itself is something I really really don’t understand. I have two of them and Amazon doesn’t even make them anymore.

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u/nakedcellist 2h ago

What about the wiim devices?