Turn Any Car into an Alexa-Powered Smart Car with Anker Roav Viva Car Charger

Jan. 8, 2018

While Android Auto and Apple’s CarPlay are slowly making their way into the automobile industry, the biggest constraint with these technologies is that mostly, it has to be implemented by the manufacturer themselves. While there are third-party solutions for the same, they are quite low in numbers.

Apart from charging your mobile devices, like a normal car charger,you can use the embedded Alexa AI to perform aplethora of tasks.Amazon’s Alexa can be used for checking the weather, listening to music via iHeartRadio or TuneIn Radio. You can even use your preferred Maps service to search for directions. All this, at almost 1/4th the size of your regular Amazon Alexa Dot. Furthermore,the charger has 2 PowerIQ equipped charging portsthat intelligently detect and deliver the optimum charge to any device.

Beebom’s Take

While the Garmin Speak does offer similar Alexa capabilities, it costs you a staggering$150. On the other hand, the Anker Roav Viva will be available for a mere$50, when it goes on sale later this month, standing at the same price as a regularAlexa Dotbut  at a quarter of the size.

In my opinion, if you’re looking for a smart solution for your car, but don’t want to go about spending a lot of money, Anker’s Roav Viva is a great option for you. And it makes all the more sense if you simply want to try out smart car features without spending a fortune on a new set of wheels.

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