There’s a brand new audio structure to optimize what you can hear, reduce what everybody round you may, and reduce audio distortion in windy situations. There are additionally new body kinds, with blue gentle lenses, sun shades, and two kinds designed with Carrera eyewear. The sensible frames will begin at $270 and prospects can signal as much as be notified once they’re on sale. —Adrienne So
Echo Pop Kids
The Echo Pop is already the colourful little sibling of the Echo units, 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 be capable of maintain partaking science-based conversations along with your youngsters with a brand new characteristic referred to as Explore with Alexa. Amazon’s science crew 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 present obtainable for preorder to ship in October, however comes with solely six months of Amazon Kids+ content material moderately than the complete 12 months the Dot presents. And actually, the Dot’s owl and dragon are approach cuter. —Nena Farrell
A Wi-Fi 7 Eero Mesh Router
We should still be a 12 months away from the ultimate Wi-Fi 7 certification and even farther from having a home filled with Wi-Fi 7 succesful units, however routers that assist 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 (anticipate it in time for the vacations). This tri-band mesh router can probably obtain a 4K film in 10 seconds, is backward suitable 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 of us with mobility points and speech disabilities to make use of Alexa with their eyes. By gazing on the display screen, they will set off preset actions for enjoying music, calling family members, or controlling sensible residence units. Looks prefer it’s confined to the brand new Fire Max 11 for now, and can land later this 12 months. Call Translation brings real-time captioning to Alexa audio and video calls, which might be helpful for people who find themselves onerous of listening to. Finally, a brand new Alexa Emergency Assist service supplies a 24/7 pressing response triggered by saying “Alexa, call for help.” Trained brokers can share stuff like your own home handle, drugs, or allergic reactions with first responders, however the service prices $6 monthly or $59 per 12 months. —Simon Hill
New Blink and Ring Security Cameras
Amazon introduced the Blink Outdoor 4 safety digital camera final month, and it simply unveiled a couple of 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 digital camera, even when your yard is large. The Blink Outdoor 4 Floodlight Camera ($160) is a wi-fi digital camera that may gentle up your yard, and the Battery Extension Pack ($30) supplies further energy. Sticking with safety, Amazon additionally introduced the Ring Stick Up Cam Pro ($180) with 3D Motion Detection to provide you extra management over what triggers your digital camera alerts. Before you purchase a house safety digital camera, 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 children. Amazon claims each are 25 p.c quicker than the earlier children’ 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 screen stays at 1080p decision. Both fashions are $190 and obtainable 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 modifying app. Think GarageBand, however less complicated. The different is what Amazon calls Play Together Games, which allow Fire Kids tablets to hook up with and play video games throughout units. —Scott Gilbertson
A New Fire TV Curation System
Amazon is now utilizing its AI smarts that will help you decide what to observe. Using lots of of tens of millions of info and information factors from IMDB and data 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 personalised, 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 might 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 picture you’d like right into a watercolor design in your TV display screen. —Parker Hall
A Fire TV Soundbar
We’ve been telling of us to simply get a soundbar already for years, and now Amazon has launched an inexpensive new all-in-one bar that may pair effectively with its inexpensive TV traces. The small, rounded rectangle may be simply mounted beneath a TV, and comes with HDMI ARC so your TV distant will work to regulate the bar. Don’t anticipate this to be one of many best-sounding bars ever made, however at $120, the brand new bar will seemingly be a well-liked possibility for newer TV consumers who need higher sound. —Parker Hall
New Fire TV Stick 4K and 4K Max
Amazon has up to date each its TV streaming sticks, asserting a brand new Fire TV Stick 4K and Fire TV Stick 4K Max. The customary model is sort of 30 p.c quicker than its predecessor, Amazon claims, and consists of assist for Wi-Fi 6, which ought to present for a extra seamless expertise streaming 4K content material. The 4K Max, alternatively, has Wi-Fi 6E (which Amazon says is a primary for the trade), for decrease latency and quicker speeds. It additionally comes with assist 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 present obtainable for preorder. —Brenda Stolyar
Echo Hub and Map View
Map your home within the title of sensible residence management with the brand new Map View characteristic, which lets you create a map of your own home and the place every sensible machine is positioned inside it. You’ll be capable of select which rooms the map options, and the thought is you may see your whole residence and its units (and which of them are in use) at a visible look. It’ll be obtainable on choose smartphones later this 12 months.
Map View may also be obtainable on an all-new machine subsequent 12 months: the Echo Hub. The Echo Hub is a wall-mounted management panel in your sensible residence units that’s harking back to customized automation programs like Control4. It has an infrared sensor to indicate controls when somebody is close by, or swap to a screensaver (like your photographs) when nobody is. It can nonetheless reply questions like an Alexa can, so it appears like a wall-mounted Echo that’s nearly completely targeted on controlling your sensible residence. It’ll retail for $179 and might be obtainable later this 12 months. —Nena Farrell