Hello, and welcome to TechRadar’s live report from Amazon’s big devices event. Our US Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff is at Amazon’s HQ to hear in person whatever secrets Amazon has for us, while the rest of the TechRadar team is following a live broadcast.
What will we see? There’s hasn’t really been any hint, but one might venture that an update to the best Amazon Echo speakers is on the way, perhaps a new contender for our list of the best Kindles, and maybe some new Amazon Fire TV hardware. All that is probably alongside more from Amazon-owned companies such as Ring and Blink. And Amazon usually has some weird surprises at these events, such as an Alexa robot or a Ring security camera drone.
In any case, we’ll bring you all the information right here as it happens!
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This is where the magic will happen, starting in 10 minutes. This event isn’t available to stream publicly, so you’ll need to follow along here for all the hot gossip from our man on the ground.
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Speaking of our man, here he is. Lance was at Apple HQ last week, spent all the intervening time writing our iPhone 15 review and iPhone 15 Pro Max review, and has now zipped off to get his hands on Amazon’s latest stuff. The man is indefatigable when it comes to tech.
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What odds do you put on Amazon Astro making a return here, folks? Maybe finally going on sale? Or what if there’s a smarter and more advanced Astro 2? Does that mean the adorable original is left on the smart home scrapheap, perhaps to star in his own Wall•E-like adventure of redemption? We can only assume.
The event is starting! With kids asking an Echo Dot for Baby Shark, and dogs pressing a Ring doorbell. Classic tech event stuff.
Oh, I just saw a cat interacting with Amazon Astro! It’s here in spirit, at least.
Amazon’s Dave Limp is now on-stage, starting us off.
AI has already been mentioned, drink! Bet we’ll hear a lot about a smart Alexa today.
With generative AI, a “superhuman assistant” is “within reach”, says Limp. A billion devices have connected to Alexa in the last decade, with tens of millions of uses per hour.
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All-new Echo Show 8 is redesigned with edge-to-edge glass. A new central camera position, and improved noise-cancelling tech for what it picks up in the home when you’re talking to it.
There’s a big speaker on the back, with two drivers and a hefty radiator, with spatial audio processing and auto-tuning for your room.
The screen now detects how close you are to it, changing what’s shown based on your distance. Simple and easy-to-see information from across the room, with more detailed info appearing when you’re closer and can make out more.
New local language processing is 40% faster, apparently.
Echo Show 8 will be $149, available to order today, shipping “next month”.
Here’s our look at a generative-based Alexa.
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by #AI September 20, 2023 · Automatic
