Amazon Web Services has launched an ephemeral “easy button” for the Internet of Things (IoT) which builds on its Dash button, a piece of hardware it launched previous year for users to order single items with one click.
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Ask people how they feel about the Amazon Dash button and you get a pretty black or white answer: either it’s the greatest convenience ever made, or it’s so lazily single-purpose, there’s no point. Some suggestions by Amazon include programming a Philips Hue light bulb button, a pizza order-on-demand button, Airbnb check in and out button, and a Netflix on/off switch.
There will be a need to configure the IoT buttons with AWS frameworks, available free for use.
Basically, the new repurposed item from Amazon is a “Do Anything” button. Amazon has * a href=”http://www.amazon.com/AWS-IoT-Button-Limited-Programmable/dp/B01C7WE5WM?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0″ target=”_blank” *already sold out of the $20 device after less than a day on the market.
The company has already seen success in controlling smart-home features with Alexa integrations, but adding physical buttons may help Amazon reach into even more homes.
The new buttons are called “AWS IoT Buttons”; with “AWS” standing for Amazon Web Services, and “IoT” being an acronym for the rapidly-growing “Internet of Things” ecosystem of cloud-connected devices and services. “The AWS IoT Button is in the same form factor as the Dash, but serves as a physical button to connect with digital services instead”, according to a news report published by Geek Wire. Also, it can be integrated with Facebook, Twitter, or Slack. It’s mustering developers to identify the possible good uses of the button.
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Well, Amazon IoT has provided the potential users with a few examples where they can effectively use the new programmable dash button.
