Until recently, Amazon Echo has been the undisputed king of the voice-activated smart home speaker market, deftly using Amazon’s “smart assistant” Alexa voice technology to answer your on-the-fly questions, give you the low-down on the weather, and put your other smart home devices at your direct beck and call. Two years after its initial release, however, the Echo still remains officially unavailable in Canada, leaving smart home fans in Canada with fairly limited options.