Everything Amazon Revealed at Its Exclusive Device Event - CNET

A bunch of new Amazon devices are on the way, including the Kindle Scribe and Halo Rise.

Ahead of the holiday shopping season, Amazon on Wednesday unveiled several new or updated devices: a Kindle e-reader, Echo smart speakers, Ring and Blink security cameras, Fire TVs and accessories and Eero network hardware. .

Most notably, the Kindle Scribe promises a compelling alternative for note-taking, and the new Halo Rise sleep-tracking clock will give you slumber metrics without having to wear a smartwatch.

The Kindle Scribe is also a highlight of Amazon's sustainability efforts.

Meanwhile, the company plans to incorporate the Matter standard into Echo and Eero products this year, with broad support in 2023, to make them more compatible with other smart home brands.

The company wants to become part of your lifestyle as well, embedding itself everywhere as part of the "ambient environment" with "ambient intelligence." The latter translates into more AI in its products, like its new Alexa Shop the Look ("Alexa, show me the one-shoulder top!") and free Fire TV streaming on the Echo Show 15.

The latest in the Kindle family is a 10.2-inch E Ink e-reader that uses a batteryless EMR stylus.

Price: Echo Dot, $50; Echo Dot with Clock, $60; Echo Dot Kids, $60.

The newest entry-level Amazon smart speaker has much better bass output, retaining the same design and color lineup (charcoal, glacier white or deep sea blue).

Release date: October

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The updated Cube adds some notable new capabilities to the video-streamer-slash-Echo: upscaling to 4K (which improves video quality overall as well), an HDMI input with global entertainment device control and upscaling processing to other devices, Wi-Fi 6E support, an additional USB port and more

The Alexa Voice Remote Pro's secret weapon is the ability to locate the device with a voice command

The Eero PoE Gateway is a high-powered hub for devices that draw power over Ethernet

The wired floodlight camera delivers 2,600 lumens of light whenever it detects motion without needed batteries, and you can you pull up the feed on a compatible Fire TV or an Echo Show smart display with a quick voice command via Alexa