Yesterday over in Seattle, the folks over at Amazon had their big event unveiling tons of new hardware to bring more Alexa to your lives. We’re gonna talk about the ones you need to know about – more specifically 10 of their new devices. But before we dive into that, they announced that Samuel L. Jackson will be the 1st of celebrity voice option for Alexa and yes, cursing and all. Now onto the new devices. Let’s get started.
This little guy here is the Echo Flex which is an outlet plug w/ Alexa on board. You just plug it into a outlet w/ an USB port on the bottom that you can add accessories like a night light or a motion sensor. Amazon is hoping to drop more accessories for it sometime in the near future. Amazon will charge you $25 as pre-orders kick off now and goes on sale on 11/14.
Amazon now has a new smart light w/ kids in mind. Meet the Echo Glow powered by Alexa that’s you control via voice as well. You can use it to make routines, change color temperature based on a specific alert, use as an alarm, and more. The Echo Glow will cost you $30 w/ pre-orders now live and coming on 11/20.
The Echo Dot for 2019 more or less retains the same look and features from the last-generation. But what is new here is the new LED display underneath the fabric. It will normally show the time as a clock and can also show off the temperature and timers. The new-and-improved Dot will cost you $60 w/ pre-orders happening now and coming on 10/16.
Amazon updated the Echo Dot so they had to make sure they take care of the original one as well. Meet the new and improved Echo for 2019. They ditched the Echo Plus and kept it down to just one device for 2019. You got premium audio setup from the Echo plus w/ Dolby to play 360-degree sound thanks to their 3inch woofer. For $100 you can get this on 10/16 and pre-orders are live now.
Amazon goes completely left here w/ a smart ring called the Echo Loop. With this little guy, you can access Alexa for different features like grocery list, answer calls, access info and more via its built-in speaker. The new Echo Loop isn’t waterproof but you can wash your hands w/ it on but not shower w/ it. The Echo Loop is coming for $130 but will require you to request an invite to buy.
They got a new Echo Show that sits in-between the Show 5 and the regular 10inch model w/ the Echo Show 8. This has an 8inch HD display but still offers all of the good things like the others like recipes, favorite shows, video calls, and much, much more. You can grab this for $130 on 11/21 as pre-orders are live now.
Amazon is joining the earbuds party w/ their Alexa-powered Echo Buds. You’re able to take calls, play music, request an Uber, get directions, and much more. This is powered by Bose’s Active Noise Reduction technology to help block out that background noise. You got 5 hours of battery life but also plays nice w/ others by supporting Google Assistant and Siri. These buds will cost you $130 as it comes on 10/30 that you can pre-order now.
As another part of their invitation program, we got their new smart glasses w/ the Echo Frames. These give you Alexa support hands-free for phone calls, setting reminders, and get notifications on your glasses. The frames will offer prescription lenses in medium & large sizes that will work w/ your current prescriptions. You can get this $180 when it goes live.
This is the announcement that has my attention the most. Meet the new Echo Studio speaker. This is their premium speaker w/ a 5.25inch woofer, a 1inch tweeter, and 3 2inch midrange speakers to create 3D sound via Dolby Atmos for better audio. You’ll be able to pair 2 Echo Studios together to use w/ select Fire TV devices. It also has a 24-bit DAC for high-res lossless music to support Amazon’s new Music HD w/ Tidal Hi-Fi support coming next year.
You can grab all of this for only $200 coming at 11/7 to pre-order right now.
And last but not least, we got a new cooking device from Amazon also powered by Alexa. Last year it was the Smart Microwave and now we got the Smart Oven. This one is a 4-in-1 device that’s a convection oven, microwave, air fryer, and food warmer. Alexa will let you know when it is preheated or when its done as well. It can also scan-to-cook feature when you can scan the barcode, via your phone, on whatever you want to cook and the oven will be ready for it.
Amazon is charging $250 for it as it will come w/ an Echo Dot as well. Its coming on 11/14 w/ pre-orders are live now.
So that’s about it. I’m really interested in the new Echo Studio and the Smart Oven. Outside of that, everything else looks good too. Which of the new Amazon products are you the most interested in?
