Amazon’s Echo smarter than a Super Ad  

Amazon’s ad for the Super Bowl features the company’s Alexa-powered speakers with a cast of the rich and famous including Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos. Other celebrities making an appearance in the ad include Rebel Wilson, Cardi B, Gordon Ramsay and Anthony Hopkins.

Amazon Echos in consumers’ homes did not wake up at the mention of the word “Alexa” which was voiced 10 times in the 90 second spot. The speakers are customized to differentiate commands from users and those from other sources. According to an Amazon spokeswoman, Alexa ads are modified to prevent Echo devices from erroneously reacting at the utterance.

Amazon has taken steps to ensure that the smart speakers are immune from such interference from advertisements. According to a patent that was published in 2014, Amazon described “Audible command filtering” which is a system that prohibits Alexa from waking up. This is particular to a transmission that affects a huge segment of the population for example a political rally or sporting event. If Alexa were to wake up in response to such a broadcast then Amazon’s servers would be inundated with tens of millions of  concurrent requests leading to congestion and frustrated users.

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