Amazon unveils Echo Studio with built-in camera
Amazon has announced the Echo Studio with Home Camera, a smart speaker with a built-in camera. The new model costs $249.99 and comes in graphite, and Amazon will keep selling the standard Echo Studio at $219.99. The camera can relay live video to the Alexa app for checking on pets or lights, and can serve as a webcam for video calls. Amazon also released an updated Echo Dot at $99.99 in four colours, which adds a smart home hub supporting Zigbee, Matter and Thread and a built-in Eero Wi-Fi extender covering up to 1,000 square feet.
Key facts
- The speaker has a 13MP camera and one 3.75-inch high-excursion woofer plus three full-range drivers.
- Alexa+ can recognise objects such as board game or cereal boxes and help reorder items.
- Amazon device head Panos Panay used the device to call his father at a demo in New York City.
- Advanced Room Adaptation continuously tunes sound to the room's acoustics, with Adaptive Volume also included.
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First published from The Verge, Engadget and Ars Technica