Brace yourselves for a wave Alexa-enabled lamps

Smart speakers are one of the hottest trends in tech right now, with Amazon and Google trailblazing the path with Alexa and Google Assistant-enabled devices. But as nice as these speakers can be, they offer little to nothing outside of their intended purpose. Amazon wants to change this by allowing companies to integrate Alexa into... lamps. Yes, lamps.

Amazon has released its first reference design guidelines for building Alexa-enabled smart lamp that features a microphone and speaker. So is it really a smart lamp with a speaker or a smart speaker with ...