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Amazon introduced five new Alexa-powered devices, headlined by two new product categories: the Alexa Photo Frame, a 10-inch digital picture display, and the Echo Time, a smart alarm clock. The Photo Frame starts at $199.99 and uses Alexa+ to automatically select and display photos based on factors like mood, lighting and season, while syncing with unlimited Amazon Photos storage for Prime members.
Amazon introduced five new Alexa hardware products, including a next-generation Echo Dot with a built-in smart home hub and Wi-Fi extender, and an Echo Studio with Home Camera that adds room-mapping audio tuning and visual intelligence features via an onboard camera. The company also announced a larger Echo Show with a 16-inch display and a new nanomatte finish option. The Echo Dot starts at $99.99, with a Kids edition at $109.99 including a year of Amazon Kids+.
Amazon introduced the Echo Show 16, a 16-inch smart display integrating Alexa Plus, Fire TV and a customizable home dashboard, priced from $500 with a $570 anti-glare version. The device is available for preorder with a $100 early-bird discount and is expected to ship later this year, though Amazon has not given an exact date. It features a thinner aluminum frame, a 10-speaker audio system, a 13-megapixel wide-angle camera with extended Visual ID range, and night vision capability.
Amazon unveiled refreshed Echo Dot and Echo Studio smart speakers alongside new devices including a smart photo frame and a sleep-tracking alarm clock. The Echo Dot now functions as a smart home hub and Wi-Fi extender, while the $250 Echo Studio gains an optional camera that enables live video monitoring, with a camera-free version still available for $220.
Amazon announced new Echo devices on Wednesday: a redesigned Echo Dot ($100), Echo Studio With Home Camera ($250), Echo Show 16 ($500), a bedside Echo Time clock ($200), and its first Alexa Photo Frame ($200). Devices and Alexa SVP Panos Panay said the launch supports Alexa+, which he claims now has a couple hundred million users who interact with it far more than the old Alexa.
Amazon announced the Alexa Home Map, a new interface that renders a home as an interactive 3D blueprint with animated icons for connected devices like lights and speakers placed where they physically sit. The map also integrates with outdoor security cameras to depict vehicles, pedestrians and weather conditions like rain or snow in real time, using stylized visualizations rather than photorealistic imagery.
Amazon has launched the Alexa Photo Frame, a 10-inch touchscreen display with an anti-glare finish and wood-like trim designed to mimic a traditional photo frame. It pulls images from Amazon Photos, uses Alexa+ to select and curate photos based on factors like smiles, lighting, or season, and lets users or Alexa voice commands pull up specific photos or people.
Amazon announced a wave of new and updated Echo devices, including the Echo Time smart alarm clock, the Alexa Smart Frame for displaying photos and answering questions via AI, an updated Echo Show 16, refreshed Echo speakers, and a new Echo Studio speaker that includes a camera.
Amazon has released the Echo Studio with Home Camera, an updated version of its high-end smart speaker that now includes a built-in camera for video monitoring and calls. The device retains the original Echo Studio's Dolby Atmos sound system and Alexa+ features, adding new audio tools called Advanced Room Adaptation and Adaptive Volume. It costs $250, $30 more than the camera-free Echo Studio, which remains on sale at $220.
Amazon unveiled the Echo Show 16, a redesigned smart display with a 16-inch full HD screen available in standard or nanomatte finish, the glare-reducing technology first used on the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro. The device is about 40 percent thinner than the Echo Show 15, offers 10 percent more screen area, 20 percent more processing power, a new eight-woofer and two-tweeter audio system, and an upgraded 13-megapixel wide-angle camera with Visual ID recognition now working up to 17 feet away.
Amazon has released the Echo Time, a bedroom-focused smart alarm clock with a 3.2-inch customizable touchscreen offering hundreds of clock faces. It includes smart alarms that use room sensors, presence detection and ultrasound to track sleep and wake users during lighter sleep phases, and omits a camera in favor of microphone-off controls and listening indicators. The device costs $200 and comes in Graphite, Glacier White and Coral.
Amazon introduced its first digital picture frame, the Alexa Photo Frame, at a New York launch event alongside several new Echo-based devices. The 10-inch frame syncs with Amazon Photos, automatically selects what it considers the best images, and lets users ask Alexa to pull up photos of specific people, places or events. Prime members get unlimited photo storage, and the frame includes a light sensor that adjusts brightness and comes in birch or walnut wood casing.