[pharrington]

I clicked "flag" because this strikes me exactly as an unmarked advertisement.

[hbosch]

I agree, this feels and reads like an ad. Also, the word "Amazon" appears zero times and this is an article about voice assistants.

[KirinDave]

I vouched because I don't think it's a paid ad, and I have similar feelings about Google home after using one and watching its network traffic for awhile.