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8 new Echo and Alexa smart home gadgets that Amazon just announced

By David Nield Published

New smart speakers, smart displays, smart photo frames, and smart mapping capabilities have turned up from Amazon.

Smart Speakers
Amazon Echo Time
Amazon’s new Echo Time has a surprisingly good reason to exist

By Jacob Krol Published

The Time is an intriguing smart display

Smart Home Hubs
Amazon Echo Show 16
The new Amazon Echo Show 16 looks like an iMac and puts Alexa+ front and center in a major smart display redesign

By Jacob Krol Published

Amazon’s redesigned Echo Show 16 pairs a slimmer, more premium build with a smarter Alexa+ experience, offering a glimpse at the future of its smart displays.

Smart Home Hubs
The Amazon Alexa Tablet 8 being held in the hand
Amazon's Alexa Tablet could be the slate to win me back after my disappointing experience with the first-ever Kindle Fire

By Josephine Watson Published

I owned the first-ever Kindle Fire Tablet, which was quickly relegated to my drawer of e-waste 15 years ago. Now, with the new Alexa Tablet, Amazon might be winning me back onside.

Tablets
The Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro resting on a table
The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is Amazon's first full-Android tablet — and it might rival the iPad Air

By Axel Metz Published

I went hands-on with the Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, which Amazon describes as ‘the biggest leap’ in tablets it's ever made.

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Tablets
Ring Smart Lock
Ring's new Smart Lock lets you crank your way back inside

By Jacob Krol Published

A hand-crank ensures you’re not locked out

Smart Home
Amazon fire tv stick remote in hand with tv background next to Alexa+ logo
Amazon makes Alexa+ free for Fire TV users without Prime

By Rowan Davies Published

Amazon just made Alexa+ free to use on Fire TV devices, and you don't need a Prime membership.

Streaming Devices
Woman painting white wall green using a roller
I asked Alexa+ to help redecorate my apartment and was pleasantly surprised

By Cat Ellis Published

It turns out Amazon's AI-powered assistant has a much better eye for design than me — and it really loves sage green.

Smart Home
Daniel Rausch, Amazon VP Alexa & Echo
Enough chit-chat: Alexa is done waiting for the agentic AI future — I spoke to Amazon's Daniel Rausch to find out more

By Ross Rubin Published

Tech is finally catching up with the mission of Amazon's ubiquitous assistant.

Pro
Daniel Rausch, Amazon VP Alexa & Echo
Amazon sees its original smart assistant vision realised in Alexa+

By Josephine Watson Published

As Alexa+ gains ground in the UK, we had the opportunity to catch up with Daniel Rausch, Amazon's VP Alexa and Echo to find out more about the Generative AI rollout so far.

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