Amazon hosted its annual 2021 fall event. The Amazon e-commerce giant announce a series of new products including a new autonomous robot, a smart thermostat, and a service that lets you take care of family members when you’re away.
All the Products and Services that Amazon Announced :
Amazon Astro
The Amazon Astro is a new Wall-E-like autonomous robot by the company that integrates Alexa and its AI capabilities with some hardware on wheels.
The Amazon Astro is a robot pet with a periscope camera with live feed support, Ring Protect Pro support and many more.
Amazon Astro will also have features of its own, including the ability to do things like beatbox and rest on command.
Amazon Astro is also smart enough to navigate around your house without the need of any preset routes.
The Amazon Astro can move, see, hear, understand and act on its own, making it a completely autonomous device.
This robot will start at $999 and will be an invite-only product.
The Amazon also hinted at an Astro 2 that will come later and be even smarter.
Amazon Smart Thermostat
The Amazon Smart Thermostat works with Alexa and remains energy efficient.
Amazon has partnered with Honeywell Home to enable the smart thermostat to be compatible with existing Hvac systems.
Amazon Smart Thermostat price set at just $59.99.
The Amazon Smart Thermostat can automatically sense situations and regulate temperature accordingly.
Amazon Smart Thermostat will also work with commands like “Goodnight” to regulate temperatures accordingly.
Amazon Echo Show 15
Amazon’s Echo Show 15 features a large display and can be either wall-mounted or mounted on a stand.
The Amazon Echo Show 15 large 15.6-inch screen makes a quick glance at information much easier. This is also helped by the new Alexa widgets.
The Amazon Echo Show 15 will also sync widgets like sticky notes from each family member and show them all in one spot.
Amazon has also design a widget that lets users see all their existing widgets in one place, as well as another that can show you live camera feed in a PiP (picture in picture) view.
The Amazon Echo Show 15 also supports Full HD video streaming and can stream news, movies and many more.
The Amazon Echo Show 15 is power by the brand’s new AZ2 Neural Edge processor, which is faster than ever.
It enables features like Visual ID that lets the device recognise you when you’re in the room and show content accordingly.
All processing is on-device and the profile can be deleted if the user wishes.
The Amazon Echo Show 15 is price at $249.99.
Amazon Echo Show 15 also supports Alexa custom sounds.
Alexa can now be ‘taught’ new sounds like that of a fridge door opening.
This can then be use to chain automated tasks.
Amazon Kids+ | Hey Disney
Amazon has added more new content to Amazon Kids+ including series and games.
These include Do Re Mi, Arpo, Super Spy Ryan, Blippie’s Treehouse and Monkie Kid.
After adding support for Shaquille O’Neal and Melissa McCarthy, Amazon is also adding more real-life characters to the Alexa voice assistant.
The Amazon will soon offer Hey Disney, which will allow users to interact with their favourite Disney and even Star Wars characters.
The assistant will also bake in trivia and jokes.
Hey Disney will come to life with Alexa at home and across Walt Disney World Resort hotel rooms.
Amazon also announce a new Echo Show stand with a Mickey Mouse theme.
Amazon Glow
The Amazon Glow comes with a screen and a projector built into the device that offers an immersive experience for kids.
Amazon Glow comes with a 8-inch LCD screen that will allow kids to watch their parents, teachers and guardians while the projected image below acts as a second interactive screen.
The Amazon Glow is also portable and can be pick and place anywhere to use with any flat surface.
Amazon Glow also supports object scanning to turn pictures and toys into digital elements like stickers and jigsaw puzzles.
The Amazon has also partner with companies like Disney and Mattel to bring more content to the device.
Amazon Glow will also let kids call pre-selected contacts.
The Amazon Glow price set at $249.99.
Amazon Halo View
Amazon Halo View View comes with a display and comes with 7 days of battery life.
The Amazon Halo View features a number of different leather, metal and other bands.
Amazon Halo View will feature a number of health tracking abilities like heart-rate tracking as well as Halo Fitness workout plans and Halo Nutrition personalised meal planner (Both included in the Halo membership).
New Ring Products
Amazon announced a bunch of new Ring security products at the event.
Which include the Ring Always Home Cam, a personal drone camera that can fly around your house and give you a thorough look around all parts of your house when you want it.
The Ring Alarm pro is a professionally monitor security system with a built-in WiFi 6 eero router and the Ring Virtual Security Guard lets you allow professional people to monitor your cameras.
Amazon also announce the Blink Video Doorbell for front doors that will let users see and speak to visitors.
Alexa Together
Alexa Together is a service that will let users help aging family members feel more comfortable living independently.
An extension to Care Hub, Alexa Together will bring new features like urgent response, hands-free 24/7 access to a professional emergency helpline and more.
The Alexa Together subscription will start at $19.99 per month.
This service will also be compatible with third-party devices that can detect any issues at home, like someone falling.
Alexa Together will also make help more available when needed, allowing anyone like a caring neighbour to help someone in need.
You can also add contacts to a user’s Alexa account so they can call friends and family, hands-free.
The subscription price for Together is $19.99 a month.
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