The 4 biggest Amazon smart home announcements from today
From a new smart alarm clock to an Alexa-powered 3D map of your home, here’s what’s new from Amazon, including prices and release dates.
Amazon has upgraded its most capable smart speaker, the Echo Studio, by adding a camera feature. The newly released Echo Studio with Home Camera offers users the ability to incorporate visual monitoring into their Alexa-based smart speaker setup. Despite the addition of the camera, the device retains its audio capabilities, featuring a 3.75-inch high-excursion woofer and three full-range drivers.
Both the Echo Studio models support Dolby Atmos and Amazon’s proprietary surround sound algorithm. They also boast lossless HD audio, Advanced Room Adaptation, and noise distortion reduction features. Amazon’s Advanced Room Adaptation feature automatically adjusts the speaker’s sound to the acoustics of the room it’s in. Both models come with four microphones and the same AZ3 Pro processor introduced last year.
This processor includes an AI accelerator to enable the use of Amazon’s Alexa+ generative AI chatbot.
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