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Amazon Nears Launch of Television

By Nick Wingfield
· · Source: Insider

Amazon is preparing to launch its own Amazon-branded television set, powered by its Alexa digital assistant, Insider reported. The news site said Amazon is planning to roll out the Amazon-branded TV as early as October. Amazon already makes its own Fire TV line of set top devices and has integrated that software into TVs made by other manufacturers. In India, the company offers TVs under its...

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