{
  "id": 16894110,
  "title": "Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker has a camera",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/amazons-new-echo-studio-speaker-has-a-camera",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020241/amazon-echo-studio-home-camera-dot-smart-home-hub"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Amazon has unveiled a new version of its premium smart speaker, the Echo Studio with Home Camera. This updated device, announced alongside other major product releases, features a built-in camera for monitoring a room remotely. The camera enables Alexa to display visuals and will soon facilitate video calls on Fire TV devices. The Echo Studio with Home Camera is essentially an enhanced version of the redesigned Echo Studio introduced last year, boasting a fresh aesthetic. Amazon also introduces \"Advanced Room Adaptation,\" a feature that automatically adjusts sound based on the room's acoustics. Another addition is \"Adaptive Volume,\" which automatically adjusts the speaker's volume based on the user's location, ensuring consistent volume levels while moving around. The new Echo Studio with Home Camera will retail for $249.99, available in graphite. Meanwhile, the traditional Echo Studio will retain its $219.99 price tag. Amazon is also refreshing the smaller Echo Dot, which now includes Amazon's custom-designed AZ3 chip, an additional microphone for improved Alexa interaction, and a built-in smart home hub supporting Zigbee, Matter, and Thread. Additionally, the updated Dot features an integrated Eero Wi-Fi extender, capable of covering up to 1,000 square feet. The enhanced version of the Echo Dot will be available starting from $99.99 in multiple color options, including graphite, glacier white, agave green, and coral pink.",
  "summary": "Amazon is giving its premium smart speaker a camera. The new Echo Studio with Home Camera, announced today as part of Amazon's big blast of announcements, has a built-in camera for monitoring a room while you're away, showing things to Alexa, and, soon, to use with video calls on Fire TV devices. It's an iteration […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Engadget",
        "title": "Amazon's new Echo Time smart alarm clock tries to make waking up less painful",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/amazons-new-echo-time-smart-alarm-clock-tries-to-make-waking-up-less",
        "published": "2026-10-28T12:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Amazon’s new Echo Time has a surprisingly good reason to exist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/amazons-new-echo-time-has-a-surprisingly-good-reason-to-exist",
        "published": "2026-10-28T12:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}