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Amazon announced five new Alexa devices, including 16-inch Echo Show
Apple recently launched new HomePod mini speakers and its HomeView smart display, and today it’s Amazon’s turn with five new Alexa devices.
This includes a new Echo speaker with visual intelligence and an Echo Show with a larger 16-inch display and a nanomatte option …
The latest smart device lineup kicks off with a next-generation Echo Dot speaker, which includes a home hub, on-device AI capabilities, and a built-in Wi-Fi extender.
For the first time, it includes a built-in smart home hub, so Alexa connects to thousands of compatible devices such as lights, locks, and thermostats right out of the box—plus a built-in eero Wi-Fi extender adds up to 1,000 square feet of coverage to your existing network. At its core is Amazon’s custom AZ3 silicon, with a new AI Accelerator for on-device AI that sharpens conversational detection and filters out background noise. Music, audiobooks, and podcasts sound great on the new Echo Dot, with crisp vocals and 50% more bass than its predecessor.
The Dot is available today for $99.99, with special Kids editions for $109.99 that include a one-year subscription to Amazon Kids+.
The Echo Studio is a better speaker that now includes HomePod-like room mapping and a camera that allows a live view of your home as well as Alexa-powered visual intelligence features.
Echo Studio with Home Camera takes Amazon’s best-sounding speaker and gives it a richer understanding of the room around it, making Alexa even more useful. The same powerful audio architecture is still at its core—a high-excursion woofer and Dolby Atmos filling the room with immersive spatial sound, now continuously tuned to your space with Advanced Room Adaptation. What’s new is context: with more awareness of its surroundings, Alexa can help in real time—explaining the rules on a board game box you hold up, recognizing a box of cereal to help you reorder it, or letting you check in on the room from the Alexa app while you’re away.
The original Echo Studio without the camera is $219.99, while the new model is available today at $249.99.
The new Echo Time has a display that gradually brightens to mimic a sunrise as your alarm time approaches, and a sleep sensor provides the option of waking you when you’re in a lighter sleep phase.
Echo Time is purpose-built for the bedside—with a customizable display and camera-free design to make waking up and winding down effortless. Make it yours with hundreds of clock faces to choose from—including everything from analog and modern to playful designs and even your favorite sports teams. Its new sleep sensing technology, powered by Omnisense, can sense when you’re in lighter sleep and wakes you within 10 to 60 minutes of your scheduled alarm, no wearable device required. As your alarm approaches, the display gradually brightens to mimic a natural sunrise and the tone builds gently to help ease you awake.