When it comes to major hardware events, we tend to think of that one tech company that starts with the letter A. OK, we tend to think of that other tech company that starts with the letter A. Today, however, that company is Amazon, which once a year has a pretty big hardware event in which all sorts of things get announced.
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And … that’s it! All about AMBIENT this year. Now to go hide my wallet!
If anything, Fire TV is making Roku look like “My first streaming platform.”
Alexa Widgets are coming to the Fire TV Omni Series.
More cool backgrounds, which apparently is worth mentioning at a product event.
Fire TV Omni Series is going QLED.
New Alexa Voice Remote Pro. $35.
Full Ethernet support. … First streaming device to have HDMI input
$140 on Oct. 25.
New Fire TV Cube!
4-mic array for hands-free. 360-degree IR blaster.
Full Fire TV experience coming to Echo 15. That’s cool.
Lot of Echo 15 users using it for video … But there aren’t a lot of Echo 15 users.
Up next … “More ambient experiences that ‘just work.’ “
Eero going to work with Matter, too. That’s good.
And Eero PoE Gateway … Coming for Ubiquiti, obviously.
Eero Internet Backup … Your network will automatically switch if things go south.
And Blink Wired Floodlight Camera.
Back to products … Ring Spotlight Cam Pro coming …
Ring will get even more integrations with Astro. … Like security. Astro gonna get the bad guys.
Dogs love Astro, though. Pro dog.
Astro can learn when windows are left open. … Or if your cat wanders out an open door. (Cats are going to HATE Astro even more.)
Talking about new features coming to Astro. Which you don’t actually have, of course.
Hundreds of thousands of Astro invite requests … (No word of how many Astros are actually Astroing.)
These sections are draggggggggggging.
Talking up Alexa and BMWs. … Fun fact, my first car was a 1985 BMW 325. With no brake lights. Or AC. Or spedo.
Alexa Auto can do … the same thing your phone can do.
Still talking up ambient technology. Shifting to the car now. …
New Echo Auto!
Amazon very much straying from the “new products” thing to “more new things for products … There’s a LOT here that really could have just been in press releases.
But older Dots will get software update for that, too!
New Echos will serve as Eero wifi extender …
Dots getting an accelerometer and temp sensor.
Echo Dot with Clock getting better, too.
Echo Dot getting an update, too. … Best-sounding Dot ever.
New Echo Studio!
And New spatial audio coming to the big boy Echo.
VP of Alexa Heather Zorn up now for more … Alexa!
$139.99 later this year.
Comes with 6 months of Halo membership.
Designed to only track the person who’s laying closest to it.
Can pull up your sleep report on Echo Show.
Built-in environmental sensors for light and temp.
So it’s an alarm clock that also learns your sleep patterns. Works with Alexa, of course.
Meet … Halo Rise.
No apps. No cameras. No mics. Senses movement and respiratory patterns to learn your sleep stages.
Time for some sleep tech.
Still giving a sermon on how tech should work for you … MOAR PRODUCTS PLZ …
Talking about “Ambient intelligence.” Which means …
- Intuitive for everyone.
- Proactive
- Personalized
Talking up recyclable packaging now.
Primary supplier for Kindle displays has joined the climate pledge, will be net-zero by 2040.
$339.99, available for the holidays. Pen is included.
Should last for weeks before charging, Amazon says.
Will be able to send files from Microsoft Word directly, in the future.
Idea is to replace things like a yellow legal pad.
This pen feels like a pen. It just works. Heh …
We’ve extended “reading that gets out of the way” to writing.
10.2-inch 300ppi display
Meet … Kindle Scribe, the first Kindle you can write on.
Two weeks ago we announced two new Kindles.
We designed Kindle to be distraction free. … Over the years we’ve introduced features to make the reading experience even better.
Stream died for a minute, but it’s back up … First up, KINDLE.
We’re 5 minutes out from the start!
Possible that we’ll see some new Kindle fare today? https://twitter.com/snoopytech/status/1575127069897510912
Good morning ahead of today’s Amazon event, scheduled to start at noon EDT! A reminder that it’s NOT being streamed live, for some reason.
And while this one maybe doesn’t get the same headlines as that other company’s event, we’re expecting a plethora of devices from across the ever-growing Amazon spectrum. Speakers. Smart home fare like cameras and appliances. Probably some TV-type stuff. Who knows what else — remember that this is the event that’s given us such things as rolling dog-looking robots and drone-like home security cameras. And let’s not forget the Alexa-enabled clocks and microwaves.
How much is going to be useful and how much is just … weird? We’ll just have to see. But we have our guesses. (Personally, I’m holding out for a dog-like robot vacuum, which might actually happen given that Amazon is trying to buy Roomba.)
This event isn’t being publicly livestreamed, which is par for the course for Amazon but a little weird for a tech company in 2022. But we’ve got the inside track and shall bring it all to you as it’s announced.
Look for our liveblog to start a little before noon Eastern time (that’s 9 a.m. on the West Coast).
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