Amazon hardware event 2020 - Everything the company announced today - Android

The 2020 Amazon hardware event just concluded, and the company announced new versions of many of its popular products. There’s a lot to get through, so let’s dive right in!

New Amazon Echo

The new Amazon Echo is here, with a completely new design. It’s spherical this time and comes with a 3-inch subwoofer and dual-firing tweeters, which should help it sound better than last year’s model. It can also sense the space around it to fine-tune its sound output for its environment.

The new Echo is also a smart home hub and works with Zigbee, Bluetooth, and Amazon Sidewalk.

You can pre-order the new Echo for $99.99 starting today. In India, the new Amazon Echo is priced at Rs. 9,999. It will be available later this year.

New Amazon Echo Dot and Echo Dot Kids

Amazon has also wildly revamped its iconic Echo Dot for 2020. During the Amazon hardware event, the company showed off a new spherical design for the mini smart speaker. It also showed off a few variations on the main look: an Echo Dot with Clock as well as an Echo Dot for kids.

Regardless of which design you go with, the 2020 Echo Dot has a new AZ1 Neural Edge processor for better speech recognition. It also can handle contextual conversations now, which should make talking to Alexa through the dot more natural.

As mentioned before, Amazon has also introduced a new Echo Dot kids edition. These come in the form of a tiger and a panda and come with a one-year subscription to Amazon Kids Plus. It will be available for $59.99.

The new Echo Dots are available for pre-order today and will ship “later this year.” The new Echo Dot and Echo Dot with clock are also available for pre-order in India and are priced at Rs. 4,499 and Rs. 5,499 respectively. The smart speakers start shipping October 26.

Eero 6 and Eero Pro 6

As we expected, Amazon updated its popular mesh Wi-Fi system to the latest standard, Wi-Fi 6. That update also slightly changed the name of the product to the Eero 6 and Eero 6 Pro. This should offer faster and more stable internet throughout your home. They’ll cost $129 and $229 respectively.

Ring Car Alarm, Ring Car Cam, and Ring Car Connect

If you don’t have a fancy alarm system in your car, you can now add one easily. The Ring Car Alarm plugs into your OBD port and will push alerts to your phone should it detect any movement inside the vehicle. This should help you keep an eye on things and give you the leg up should someone try to mess with your car.

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