Amazon acquires iRobot for $1.7 billion

The system has various scopes, such as providing cleaning recommendations, task scheduling or even specific vacuuming options for pets. In addition, it has up to 600 commands compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri.

It is worth mentioning that Amazon was becoming one of its competitors in the home robot sector, but with this acquisition the company seeks to strengthen its efforts and generate an ecosystem that includes Echo, Ring and Roomba devices.

Although no details were provided about how iRobot will be integrated into Amazon after the purchase agreement is finalized, Amazon intends to keep Colin Angle as the company’s CEO.

In Mexico, the company has had very good acceptance since it arrived in 2017. A couple of weeks ago it presented its j7 and j7+ models in the country, where company executives pointed out that despite having grown in the country, its penetration of market is less than 2.5%, compared to 7-10% in the United States, but its goal is to grow more in the next five years.