There’s a brand new audio structure to optimize what you can hear, reduce what everybody round you’ll be able to, and reduce audio distortion in windy circumstances. There are additionally new body kinds, with blue mild lenses, sun shades, and two kinds designed with Carrera eyewear. The good frames will begin at $270 and prospects can signal as much as be notified after they’re on sale. —Adrienne So
Echo Pop Kids
The Echo Pop is already the colourful little sibling of the Echo gadgets, and now the Echo Pop Kids is for the precise little folks in your family. Instead of the rounded animal design, the hemispherical speaker has been reimagined by Amazon’s partnership with Disney. You can decide both Marvel Avengers or Disney Princesses themes for the design. The kid-optimized voice assistant inside will have the ability to maintain partaking science-based conversations together with your kids with a brand new characteristic known as Explore with Alexa. Amazon’s science group drew content material from the World Wildlife Fund and AZ Animals for age-appropriate, fact-filled info. It’s $10 cheaper than the Echo Dot Kids, retailing for $50, and at the moment accessible for preorder to ship in October, however comes with solely six months of Amazon Kids+ content material slightly than the complete yr the Dot gives. And actually, the Dot’s owl and dragon are method cuter. —Nena Farrell
A Wi-Fi 7 Eero Mesh Router
We should be a yr away from the ultimate Wi-Fi 7 certification and even farther from having a home stuffed with Wi-Fi 7 succesful gadgets, however routers that help the brand new wi-fi networking spec are beginning to roll out now. Amazon’s new Eero Max 7 is the newest Wi-Fi 7 mesh machine to hit the market (count on it in time for the vacations). This tri-band mesh router can doubtlessly obtain a 4K film in 10 seconds, is backward appropriate with present Eeros and older Wi-Fi variations, and packs in 4 Ethernet ports (two 10 Gbps and two 2.5 Gbps). But future-proofing comes at a premium, and a single Eero Max 7 prices a whopping $600. You can learn extra concerning the Eero Max 7 proper right here. —Simon Hill
New Accessibility Features for Fire Tablets and Alexa
Amazon highlighted a handful of latest accessibility options for Alexa. The Eye Gaze characteristic permits people with mobility points and speech disabilities to make use of Alexa with their eyes. By gazing on the display, they will set off preset actions for taking part in music, calling family members, or controlling good house gadgets. Looks prefer it’s confined to the brand new Fire Max 11 for now, and can land later this yr. Call Translation brings real-time captioning to Alexa audio and video calls, which may very well be helpful for people who find themselves arduous of listening to. Finally, a brand new Alexa Emergency Assist service offers a 24/7 pressing response triggered by saying “Alexa, call for help.” Trained brokers can share stuff like your private home tackle, medicines, or allergic reactions with first responders, however the service prices $6 monthly or $59 per yr. —Simon Hill
New Blink and Ring Security Cameras
Amazon introduced the Blink Outdoor 4 safety digicam final month, and it simply unveiled just a few additions. The Blink Sync Module Pro ($50) is designed to increase your Wi-Fi service, so you will get a robust sign from a distant digicam, even when your yard is big. The Blink Outdoor 4 Floodlight Camera ($160) is a wi-fi digicam that may mild up your yard, and the Battery Extension Pack ($30) offers additional energy. Sticking with safety, Amazon additionally introduced the Ring Stick Up Cam Pro ($180) with 3D Motion Detection to offer you extra management over what triggers your digicam alerts. Before you purchase a house safety digicam, it is best to examine why we do not advocate Ring. —Simon Hill
New Kids’ Fire Tablets
There are two new Fire HD 10 Kids tablets: the common mannequin for teenagers underneath 7, and a brand new Pro mannequin for older youngsters. Amazon claims each are 25 p.c sooner than the earlier youngsters’ tablets, in addition to lighter, which makes them simpler for teenagers to carry. The RAM has been bumped from 2 gigabytes to three gigabytes, however the display stays at 1080p decision. Both fashions are $190 and accessible for preorder now. Amazon says the brand new tablets will ship subsequent month.
To go together with the up to date Kids Fire tablets, Amazon is launching a pair of latest apps. The first is Music Maker, a kid-friendly music enhancing app. Think GarageBand, however easier. The different is what Amazon calls Play Together Games, which allow Fire Kids tablets to hook up with and play video games throughout gadgets. —Scott Gilbertson
A New Fire TV Curation System
Amazon is now utilizing its AI smarts that can assist you decide what to look at. Using a whole lot of tens of millions of details and information factors from IMDB and information of your watching historical past and habits, now you can ask Fire TV complicated requests like “Show me that new show with the guy from Breaking Bad,” and instantly see Better Call Saul pop up. The search is totally customized, which lets you say issues like “Hey, resume that sci-fi show I was watching,” or “Show me new action movies that are free to stream.”
Will this be higher or extra enjoyable than serendipitously discovering new reveals and films primarily based on phrase of mouth? We’ll see. But it may very well be a superb option to know when new choices can be found that may curiosity you. Amazon has additionally added a brand new Artful Display characteristic to the Fire TV, which helps you to ask Alexa to alter any photograph you’d like right into a watercolor design in your TV display. —Parker Hall
A Fire TV Soundbar
We’ve been telling people to simply get a soundbar already for years, and now Amazon has launched an inexpensive new all-in-one bar that can pair properly with its reasonably priced TV strains. The small, rounded rectangle will be simply mounted under a TV, and comes with HDMI ARC so your TV distant will work to manage the bar. Don’t count on this to be one of many best-sounding bars ever made, however at $120, the brand new bar will possible be a well-liked choice for newer TV patrons who need higher sound. —Parker Hall
New Fire TV Stick 4K and 4K Max
Amazon has up to date each its TV streaming sticks, saying a brand new Fire TV Stick 4K and Fire TV Stick 4K Max. The normal model is nearly 30 p.c sooner than its predecessor, Amazon claims, and contains help for Wi-Fi 6, which ought to present for a extra seamless expertise streaming 4K content material. The 4K Max, then again, has Wi-Fi 6E (which Amazon says is a primary for the trade), for decrease latency and sooner speeds. It additionally comes with help for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos audio, together with HDR and HDR10+ requirements. The Fire TV Stick 4K prices $50 and the Fire TV Stick 4K Max prices $60. Both streaming sticks are at the moment accessible for preorder. —Brenda Stolyar
Echo Hub and Map View
Map your home within the identify of good house management with the brand new Map View characteristic, which lets you create a map of your private home and the place every good machine is situated inside it. You’ll have the ability to select which rooms the map options, and the concept is you’ll be able to see your whole house and its gadgets (and which of them are in use) at a visible look. It’ll be accessible on choose smartphones later this yr.
Map View may also be accessible on an all-new machine subsequent yr: the Echo Hub. The Echo Hub is a wall-mounted management panel in your good house gadgets that’s paying homage to customized automation methods like Control4. It has an infrared sensor to point out controls when somebody is close by, or swap to a screensaver (like your pictures) when nobody is. It can nonetheless reply questions like an Alexa can, so it looks like a wall-mounted Echo that’s virtually fully targeted on controlling your good house. It’ll retail for $179 and shall be accessible later this yr. —Nena Farrell
