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Amazon has launched the Echo Studio With Home Camera, a version of its high-end smart speaker that incorporates a 13MP camera alongside its existing audio hardware. The speaker keeps the same Dolby Atmos drivers, AZ3 Pro processor and dimensions as the standard Echo Studio, but adds a new 'Advanced Room Adaptation' feature and camera-based tools like volume adjustment based on where you're standing and visual recognition through Alexa+.
Amazon has released an updated Echo Studio speaker that includes an integrated camera, priced at $250 and available now. The camera lets Alexa+ visually identify objects in view, assist with tasks like explaining a board game or reordering a product, and will later support video calls cast to Fire TVs. The speaker also features new room-adapting audio, a faster AZ3 chip for voice processing, and Omnisense sensing for adjusting lighting and temperature.
Amazon unveiled a new Echo Studio speaker variant that adds a built-in 13-megapixel camera, otherwise matching the specs of last year's Echo Studio including its woofer, four microphones and AZ3 Pro processor. The camera lets users remotely view their space through the Alexa app and gives the Alexa Plus assistant visual context, with future support planned for video calls via compatible Fire TV devices. The camera-free Echo Studio remains available alongside the new model.
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 an updated Echo Studio with Home Camera, a $249.99 speaker featuring a built-in camera for room monitoring, showing items to Alexa, and eventually video calls on Fire TV. The speaker also adds 'Advanced Room Adaptation' and 'Adaptive Volume' audio features, while the standard camera-less Echo Studio remains available at $219.99. Amazon also refreshed the Echo Dot, now $99.99, with a custom AZ3 chip, a fourth microphone, a built-in Zigbee/Matter/Thread smart home hub, and an Eero Wi-Fi extender.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is working on a smart home camera that uses AI to generate text descriptions of what happens in a room instead of saving video footage, while still supporting facial recognition. Gurman says this approach mirrors how cameras in rumored future AirPods would operate, and resembles existing Audio Intelligence features on the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, which include opt-in tools like Live Rewind and Siri Recap that summarize or transcribe audio without storing full recordings.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is building small cylindrical home sensors that use AI facial recognition to detect people and activity without saving video footage. The devices would pair with Apple's upcoming AI home hub launching Oct. 13, delivering text alerts like "someone is outside the back door" instead of stored clips. Apple has not responded to requests for comment.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is developing a cylindrical home security camera that won't record video, instead using AI to analyze motion and perform facial recognition, sending users text-based alerts about who has entered a room. The device is reportedly a companion to an unannounced smart home display (internally called J490), part of a broader smart home push that also includes new HomePod mini and Apple TV models supporting Siri's AI features, alongside a home hub expected as soon as October.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple's upcoming smart home camera, internally called J450, won't record video for playback. Instead it reportedly uses a low-frame-rate sensor, facial recognition and infrared sensing to detect activity and trigger automations, rather than streaming or storing footage like HomeKit Secure Video cameras.
According to a report, Apple is developing a smart home camera, internally codenamed J450, that pairs with its planned J490 smart home display. The device reportedly captures very low frame-rate imagery rather than full video, using AI to analyze activity in and around a home instead of recording footage.