Tap is smaller, costs less and needs to be "tapped" via a button at the top to answer your questions. Alexa on the Echo is "listening" all the time for the Launch Word, "Alexa." I have no idea if Amazon is recording my conversations or not. Frankly, I can care less. If Amazon is interested in listening to the riveting stories I have with my wife about my ongoing battles with constipation and the trade off is that I can command Alexa to turn off my lights, like I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, I'm coming out WAY ahead.
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