Amazon announced three new Kindle Scribes this morning with a much nicer design. There’s even one with a color screen. I had a chance to check them out ahead of Amazon’s press event, and I have some thoughts. This marks the third generation of the company’s larger 11-inch eReaders aimed at professionals, students, and people […]
Amazon’s newest Echo speakers look gorgeous. Thin bezels, bright, responsive touchscreens, 3D knit fabric-wrapped speakers with controls front and center, and most importantly, powerful hardware to help make the smart home sing. It’s almost everything I’ve ever asked for from my smart speakers and displays. A lack of premium hardware – or any clear strategy […]
Amazon took the wraps off its latest Echo Dot smart speaker during its fall hardware event on Tuesday. The Echo Dot Max is a new entry that updates the recognizable spherical design with a flat face housing the speaker’s control buttons and LED light ring. At $99.99, the Echo Dot Max is the same price […]
At Amazon’s annual hardware event, it announced a fleet of new Fire TVs, including an Omni QLED model, as well as new 2- and 4-series televisions that are all available to preorder starting today and will ship next month. These TVs feature what the company calls omnisense presence detection. It will allow the TV to […]
Amazon debuted the new Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 11 during its fall 2025 hardware event on Tuesday, after heavily relying on previous versions of the smart display to demonstrate upgrades coming to its Alexa smart assistant at an event earlier this year. The Echo Show 8 is a new version of one of […]
Amazon just announced some new Ring hardware with upgraded 2K and 4K recording and some fancy processing tech that’s supposed to make streams look better than the competition. The new $179.99 Ring Wired Doorbell and $59.99 Indoor Cam Plus both offer 2K resolution featuring tech that Ring is calling “Retinal Vision.” There’s also a ton […]
We’re at Amazon’s fall 2025 hardware event in New York City, where the company is set to announce a bunch of new gadgets ahead of the holidays. Amazon’s teaser image for today suggested new Kindles, Echos, and maybe a TV. Whatever it is, it’s been a long time coming: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy promised “beautiful” […]
Amazon will kick off its 2025 fall hardware event today, September 30th, at 10AM ET / 7AM PT, and you can follow along in real-time with our live blog right here. Based on Amazon’s invitation, it seems like we can look forward to at least two new Echos, a new color Kindle, and some kind […]
The Amazon-owned company will start by mapping public streets of the nation’s capital before testing begins later this year.
The Echo Pop and Echo Dot are Amazon’s entry-level smart speakers, and both are currently on sale ahead of Amazon’s October Prime Day (aka Prime Big Deal Days), which officially kicks off on October 7th. Both speakers are currently discounted to their lowest prices since the middle of June, which means they’re beating their summer […]