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In The Spheres, a set of plant-filled domes in downtown Seattle, Amazon has been making announcements at a pace of about a minute. Many were APIs and software updates, but there was also plenty of material to place Alexa in your kitchen, such as an Amazon microwave oven with built-in Alexa and Dash capabilities. I do not even joke.
Amazon Echo Show redesigned.Amazon
But there were new versions of classic speakers like Echo Dot, Echo Plus and, even more impressive, Echo Show.
And Alexa can talk to you in the car, soon too.
Amazon is looking to put Alexa everywhere, so we still want to be able to talk to her, it seems.
Here is what has been announced, with details, photos, prices and availability.
New devices
Echo Auto, coming soon.Amazon
Auto Echo
If you missed the chance to talk to Alexa while driving, you now have the opportunity to correct that. A small slim device on your dashboard with eight built-in microphones. It lets you quickly access other Echo device owners, listen to audible books, check for traffic updates, and even set routines. drive, the lights continue at home.
How does it connect to the Internet, you ask? It uses the data plan on your phone, so that it will not work when you leave your phone by mistake.
Go out later in the year, it's $ 49.99 or by invitation for $ 24.99 if you're ready to comment to help the device evolve.
Amazon Echo Input – to connect to your speakers.David Phelan
Echo input
This is a tiny disk of a device, essentially an Echo Dot ribbon: no speaker, just a microphone and a 3.5mm audio cable to connect your speakers. It can also connect via Bluetooth. Since there is no built-in speaker, all it plays is through the connected speaker. It will be available early next year in black or white, for $ 34.99.
Echo wall clockAmazon
Echo wall clock
It's a clock. It seems harmless enough. But, it connects to your Echo so that you can say "Alexa, set a timer on 15 minutes" and that the lights will appear in the right places on the clock screen. Then, in the last few seconds, the lights are counted back, around the screen, and every second flashes when the alarm sounds on the echo.
You can set several timers and it's a sensible addition to a kitchen, for example. Be careful, I did not really like its appearance, so let's hope something more elegant is coming soon.
It will be on sale in 2019 for $ 29.99.
The AmazonBasics microwave oven with Alexa.Amazon
AmazonBasics Microwave
There is an Alexa button on the microwave that, when you tap it, connects to the nearest echo. You can start cooking it by voice command and it has enough intelligence to answer some predefined commands such as "Alexa, microwave, potato" and "Alexa, warm up my cup of coffee". That's all you do, the microwave meets Echo's instructions.
There is an automatic popcorn replenishment feature to re-order popcorn before you run out.
You can order it now, and it will be delivered later in the year, $ 59.99.
Amazon Smart PlugAmazon
Amazon Smart Plug
This is not the first smart plug on the market, but it's the first to use Wi-Fi Simple Setup for your gadgets to work quickly. You need an Echo or Alexa app on your nearby phone to start it. As demonstrated, you can rename gadgets that you easily connect by voice instead of typing a new name in an application.
This is a simple but reasonably appealing device. It costs $ 24.99 and is available for pre-order, on sale in October.
Amazon Echo Sub works with existing and new Echo devices.David Phelan
Echo Sub
If you are happy with the sound from your Echo speaker but want a bit more sound, the standalone Sub will work seamlessly for mono or stereo sound, as appropriate. He can answer your commands: "Alexa, get the bass up."
It is very expensive at $ 129.99, pre-order now and on sale in October.
Echo Link Amp showing all its connectors.David Phelan
Echo Link and Echo Link Amp
Like the recently announced Sonos Amp, these are devices that stream music to existing audio equipment. There are several outputs and a volume knob where the lights show exactly how much you play.
The Link Amp is larger and includes a 2-channel 60W amplifier and can be wired directly to passive and non-powered speakers.
Amazon Fire TV Recast, available in two versions.David Phelan
Fire TV Recast
This box (unimaginative appearance) is a digital video recorder that allows you to record live TV shows without monthly fees. You also need an HDTV antenna. Then all compatible devices will connect automatically so you can watch on your tablet, Echo Show or Fire TV.
There are two versions: a 500 GB two-tuner storage device ($ 229.99) and a 1 TB four-tuner model for $ 50 more, or $ 279.99. They are in order today and will be delivered in November.
Amazon Echo Dot in sandstone color.David Phelan
Updates of existing echo devices
Echo Dot
The new, more blurry, Amazon Echo Dot in charcoal finish.Amazon
We were told that it was the most popular speaker in the world. Not only, and maybe not just because of the six-for-five that's called Amazon's offers. Now it has been redesigned with a softer, more curious and softer appearance and fabric finishes. Black and white finishes now replaced by charcoal, heather gray and sandstone.
The audio power has been significantly improved, with Amazon claiming that it is now 70% more powerful than before. The price is the same as before, $ 49.99, pre-orders from today, shipping next month.
The new Echo Show with larger display, 10 inches.Amazon
Echo Show
It was the most interesting thing announced today, I would say. The Show, you know, is the speaker with a 7-inch screen. Now, it has been completely redesigned in a much more stylish handset and with an enlarged screen – 10 inches. It has 2-inch side-firing drivers for powerful stereo sound.
And it is compatible with video bells, such as Ring, owned by Amazon. But it will also have compatibility with other brands, offering the tempting proposition of Nest Hello customers to be able to show who is on the door of this screen.
That was part of the announcement theme today, a real change for Amazon towards an opening that invites outside companies to easily appear on Amazon's Echo devices.
There was also a demonstration of how Echo Show can play video recipes on the screen to guide you through cooking dinner.
The price is also the same as before, $ 229.99, pre-orders from today, shipping next month.
Echo Plus recently redesigned.Amazon
Echo Plus
The other existing Echo to update today is the Plus, the standalone speaker with built-in Zigbee hub, so that it can control smart home gadgets requiring access to the hub. Amazon has promised a simpler configuration: simply say "Alexa, discover my devices". Now, aside from the fact that it's not a very natural phrase to say – would not you just say, "Run my devices, damn it?" – It's cool to be able to sort these things easily.
The new Plus also has a built-in temperature sensor, so you can say, "Alexa, how hot is it, I'm freezing." More usefully, you can create routines so that if the temperature exceeds a set value, you can activate a fan (connected to the Smart Plug). A larger woofer than before enhances the bass in the audio playback. The colors correspond to the point: mottled gray, charcoal and sandstone.
$ 149.99, pre-orders from today, shipped in October.
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In The Spheres, a set of plant-filled domes in downtown Seattle, Amazon has been making announcements at a pace of about a minute. Many were APIs and software updates, but there was also plenty of material to place Alexa in your kitchen, such as an Amazon microwave oven with built-in Alexa and Dash capabilities. I do not even joke.
Amazon Echo Show redesigned.Amazon
But there were new versions of classic speakers like Echo Dot, Echo Plus and, even more impressive, Echo Show.
And Alexa can talk to you in the car, soon too.
Amazon is looking to put Alexa everywhere, so we still want to be able to talk to her, it seems.
Here is what has been announced, with details, photos, prices and availability.
New devices
Echo Auto, coming soon.Amazon
Auto Echo
If you missed the chance to talk to Alexa while driving, you now have the opportunity to correct that. A small slim device on your dashboard with eight built-in microphones. It lets you quickly access other Echo device owners, listen to audible books, check for traffic updates, and even set routines. drive, the lights continue at home.
How does it connect to the Internet, you ask? It uses the data plan on your phone, so that it will not work when you leave your phone by mistake.
Go out later in the year, it's $ 49.99 or by invitation for $ 24.99 if you're ready to comment to help the device evolve.
Amazon Echo Input – to connect to your speakers.David Phelan
Echo input
This is a tiny disk of a device, essentially an Echo Dot ribbon: no speaker, just a microphone and a 3.5mm audio cable to connect your speakers. It can also connect via Bluetooth. Since there is no built-in speaker, all it plays is through the connected speaker. It will be available early next year in black or white, for $ 34.99.
Echo wall clock
It's a clock. It seems harmless enough. But, it connects to your Echo so that you can say "Alexa, set a timer on 15 minutes" and that the lights will appear in the right places on the clock screen. Then, in the last few seconds, the lights are counted back, around the screen, and every second flashes when the alarm sounds on the echo.
You can set several timers and it's a sensible addition to a kitchen, for example. Be careful, I did not really like its appearance, so let's hope something more elegant is coming soon.
It will be on sale in 2019 for $ 29.99.
The AmazonBasics microwave oven with Alexa.Amazon
AmazonBasics Microwave
There is an Alexa button on the microwave that, when you tap it, connects to the nearest echo. You can start cooking it by voice command and it has enough intelligence to answer some predefined commands such as "Alexa, microwave, potato" and "Alexa, warm up my cup of coffee". That's all you do, the microwave meets Echo's instructions.
There is an automatic popcorn replenishment feature to re-order popcorn before you run out.
You can order it now, and it will be delivered later in the year, $ 59.99.
Amazon Smart Plug
This is not the first smart plug on the market, but it's the first to use Wi-Fi Simple Setup for your gadgets to work quickly. You need an Echo or Alexa app on your nearby phone to start it. As demonstrated, you can rename gadgets that you easily connect by voice instead of typing a new name in an application.
This is a simple but reasonably appealing device. It costs $ 24.99 and is available for pre-order, on sale in October.
Amazon Echo Sub works with existing and new Echo devices.David phelan
Echo Sub
If you are happy with the sound from your Echo speaker but want a bit more sound, the standalone Sub will work seamlessly for mono or stereo sound, as appropriate. He can answer your commands: "Alexa, get the bass up."
It is very expensive at $ 129.99, pre-order now and on sale in October.
Echo Link Amp showing all its connectors.David Phelan
Echo Link and Echo Link Amp
Like the recently announced Sonos Amp, these are devices that stream music to existing audio equipment. There are several outputs and a volume knob where the lights show exactly how much you play.
The Link Amp is larger and includes a 2-channel 60W amplifier and can be wired directly to passive and non-powered speakers.
Amazon Fire TV Recast, available in two versions.David Phelan
Fire TV Recast
This box (unimaginative appearance) is a digital video recorder that allows you to record live TV shows without monthly fees. You also need an HDTV antenna. Then all compatible devices will connect automatically so you can watch on your tablet, Echo Show or Fire TV.
There are two versions: a 500 GB two-tuner storage device ($ 229.99) and a 1 TB four-tuner model for $ 50 more, or $ 279.99. They are in order today and will be delivered in November.
Amazon Echo Dot in sandstone color.David Phelan
Updates of existing echo devices
Echo Dot
The new, more blurry, Amazon Echo Dot in charcoal finish.Amazon
We were told that it was the most popular speaker in the world. Not only, and maybe not just because of the six-for-five that's called Amazon's offers. Now it has been redesigned with a softer, more curious and softer appearance and fabric finishes. Black and white finishes now replaced by charcoal, heather gray and sandstone.
The audio power has been significantly improved, with Amazon claiming that it is now 70% more powerful than before. The price is the same as before, $ 49.99, pre-orders from today, shipping next month.
The new Echo Show with larger display, 10 inches.Amazon
Echo Show
It was the most interesting thing announced today, I would say. The Show, you know, is the speaker with a 7-inch screen. Now, it has been completely redesigned in a much more stylish handset and with an enlarged screen – 10 inches. It has 2-inch side-firing drivers for powerful stereo sound.
And it is compatible with video bells, such as Ring, owned by Amazon. But it will also have compatibility with other brands, offering the tempting proposition of Nest Hello customers to be able to show who is on the door of this screen.
That was part of the announcement theme today, a real change for Amazon towards an opening that invites outside companies to easily appear on Amazon's Echo devices.
There was also a demonstration of how Echo Show can play video recipes on the screen to guide you through cooking dinner.
The price is also the same as before, $ 229.99, pre-orders from today, shipping next month.
Echo Plus recently redesigned.Amazon
Echo Plus
The other existing Echo to update today is the Plus, the standalone speaker with built-in Zigbee hub, so that it can control smart home gadgets requiring access to the hub. Amazon has promised a simpler configuration: simply say "Alexa, discover my devices". Now, aside from the fact that it's not a very natural phrase to say – would not you just say, "Run my devices, damn it?" – It's cool to be able to sort these things easily.
The new Plus also has a built-in temperature sensor, so you can say, "Alexa, how hot is it, I'm freezing." More usefully, you can create routines so that if the temperature exceeds a set value, you can activate a fan (connected to the Smart Plug). A larger woofer than before enhances the bass in the audio playback. The colors correspond to the point: mottled gray, charcoal and sandstone.
$ 149.99, pre-orders from today, shipped in October.
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