parable portable Bluetooth speakers (as Amazon&#8217;s product page is quick to note). I wonder if having to manually trigger Alexa will dull some of the appeal, but perhaps it&#8217;s better to consider this as a Bluetooth speaker with Alexa capability than an Echo you can tote around with you. </p>

<p>I&#8217;m also pretty convinced that within the next year or two, there will be a portable Echo <em>with</em> the voice-activated Alexa prompt. Amazon has been extremely diligent about bringing new features