What Was Amazon Tap and Why Was it Discontinued?

When it comes to size, Amazon has designed its speaker/smart home line-up to go from tall to short. While they are all pretty much cylindrical in shape, the Echo is tall, Tap is medium sized and the Echo Dot is short. You can take a look at their dimensio

Tap提供Echo的所有基本功能以及更多功能，但随时随地。 默认情况下，Tap不是“永远在线”，就像Echo一样 - 你需要点击前面的麦克风按钮来寻求Alexa的帮助。

In essence, the Amazon Tap provides all the features you would get with the Amazon Echo but in a smaller form factor and a cheaper deal. In this post, we will compare the Amazon Echo and Tap to figure out their strengths and weaknesses and determine which

Echo Tap 内置 Alexa 操作系统、WiFi 模块、蓝牙模块和扬声器，重量约为 450 克，便于携带。 用户只需轻按话筒按钮并发出指令，即可实现订餐、打车或播放音乐等操作。

Control your Echo Device with tap gestures. Firmly tap the top of your device to use Tap Gestures. Tap Gestures are on by default. To turn Tap Gestures off, open the Alexa app and navigate to Devices > Echo & Alexa > select your device > Sett

Amazon Tap was an early version of Amazon Echo. It was discontinued due to customer disappointment of its limited functions and poor performance.

Amazon推出Amazon Tap及Echo Dot，均支援聲控助理功能Alexa，售價較Echo更便宜且體積更小，其中Amazon Tap相當於Echo的可攜版本，內建電池可外出攜帶使用，而Echo Dot則是Echo的精簡版。