New Gadgets, a compendium of updates aimed at developers and new features for the wizard Alexa voice. In the last edition of its annual hardware conference - which this time was held online -, Amazon continued with the trend of surprising the consumer year after year. The company added 13 new products to its portfolio, with special emphasis on those intended for home entertainment, security and multimedia consumption.
In the list of new devices we find the most recent Echo smart speakers with spherical shape, smart screen EchoDot 4, el Fire TV Stick, new wireless devices and security systems with smart alarms, and also a drone designed to fly indoors and share live images via streaming.
One of the most important innovations of the event was introduced with the Ring always home cam a portable camera integrated into a drone that maps the interior spaces of a house and then travels around performing periodic inspections. Thanks to this, it is now possible to cover the entire perimeter of a residential property with a single portable camera.
Although the novel spherical shape of the echo line (Echo, Echo dot and Echo dot with clock) has caused surprise, the most outstanding thing was the new Echo Show 10, which now rotates, can pan, tilt and zoom to provide more optimal video chat support and ensure that the screen will be visible at all times. Consumers will be able to set it to follow them around the room and follow them 360 degrees.
As people now spend more time indoors due to the pandemic, Amazon has also contributed new developments in the field of home entertainment. An example of this is the improvement of Fire TV Stick, device you have obtained HDR and Dolby Atmos support and now incorporates Alexa voice remote control.
The company has also brought a Lite version of the Fire TV Stick with a lower price, with compatibility for streaming in full HD resolution, HDR and Alexa voice remote control. Sales of these new devices have already begun in countries such as the United States, France, India, Italy, Canada, Brazil and Germany.
Product line Eero for wireless connectivity, which Amazon bought in 2019, made an appearance. An example is Difference 6, a device created to amplify the connectivity of Wi-Fi networks in a home.
The renewed version It is dual band and is compatible with Wi-Fi 6, which can be connected up to 75 devices at the same time. It also has a hub mini Zigbee for compatible smart home devices that do not incorporate support for connecting directly to Wi-Fi, they can connect to the device's Wi-Fi network. The Pro 6 model, which has somewhat similar characteristics, is differentiated by being tri-band and incorporating 2 5GHZ Wi-fi bands and one 2,45 GHz.
In this way, security has become one of the main elements of the new range of products launched by Amazon. In addition to the drone security camera Ring always home cam, also stood out Ring Car Cam, a gadget designed to monitor cars and record videos outside and inside it, which can also connect to networks Wi-Fi to broadcast the recording live to users.
Another novelty is the Ring Car Alarm, a security device for monitoring vehicles. The device can connect to Amazon Sidewalk, a network established by Amazon to ensure that technological devices can work better both inside and outside our homes.
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