Ma luna o ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kelepona ahi, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Amazon e hoʻolālā e hoʻomaka i kahi kelepona ʻē aʻe, i kēia manawa e pili ana iā Alexa. Wahi a Reuters, ʻo ke kelepona, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Transformer," e hoʻopaʻa ʻia a puni ke kelepona lawelawe ʻo Amazon, akā ʻo Alexa ka mea kōkua mua o ke kelepona ʻo AI.
"Transformer" ke kūkulu ʻia nei ma ka hui ZeroOne o Amazon, alakaʻi ʻia e J Allard, ka mea i hana mua ma ka Zune a me ka Xbox ma Microsoft. Ua ʻike ka hui o Allard i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hoʻolālā kelepona a me "dumbphone", me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana mai ka $700 minimalist Light Phone, e hōʻike ana i kahi hōʻike ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo a me ka lac ...