All-new Echo devices make it even easier to add
Alexa to more places in your home
Now, you can bring Alexa on the road with Echo
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New Echo companion devices let you see timers
at a glance with a wall clock, add a subwoofer to your Echo
devices, amplify or stream high-fidelity music to your existing
home audio system, and add Alexa to your own speaker
New Amazon smart home devices offer more ways
to interact with Alexa around your home—whether turning on or off
your lights by voice with the Amazon Smart Plug or cooking with the
AmazonBasics Microwave
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Today, Amazon introduced a new line-up of Echo
devices, Echo companion devices, and Amazon smart home devices,
making it even easier to bring the features and convenience of
Alexa to any room and now, to the car.
New Echo devices include:
- All-new Echo
Dot: The easiest way to bring Alexa into your home, now with
a new speaker for louder and crisper sound, an updated fabric
design, and still only $49.99
- All-new Echo
Plus: A simple way to start your smart home with a built-in
Zigbee hub, plus an upgraded speaker and a new design, and still
only $149.99
- All-new Echo
Show: An all-new design, upgraded speaker, a stunning
10-inch HD display, and a built-in smart home hub, plus all the
glanceable features customers love about Alexa for $229.99. Read
the press release: www.amazon.com/pr.
- Echo Auto:
Bring the power of Alexa to your car, now available by
invitation
New Echo companion devices include:
- Echo Wall
Clock: Connects to your Echo device to visually enhance
timers, alarms and reminders for $29.99
- Echo
Input: Add Alexa to your existing speaker for $34.99
- Echo Sub:
Add deep, rich bass to music playback on Echo devices for
$129.99
- Echo Link:
Connects to your home stereo system to stream high-fidelity music
for $199.99
- Echo Link
Amp: A 60W, 2-channel built-in amplifier to stream
high-fidelity music to active or passive speakers for $299.99
New smart home devices include:
- AmazonBasics
Microwave: A compact countertop microwave that connects to
your Echo device to make cooking easier for $59.99
- Amazon Smart
Plug: Control compatible lights, fans, coffee makers, and
more for $24.99
“We want you to have access to Alexa everywhere—in your kitchen,
in your living room, in your office, and now in your car or truck,”
said Tom Taylor, Senior Vice President, Amazon Alexa. “Today, we’re
excited to expand the number of ways that customers can add Alexa
to their homes and their vehicles, so they can use Alexa to make
their lives more convenient and easy—whether it’s asking for the
traffic on your drive home, checking your email in the morning, or
simply saying ‘Alexa, good night’ to turn off your lights and lock
your door.”
New Echo Devices—Access Alexa Everywhere in Your Home and
Your Car
All-New Echo Dot—Now with a New Design and More Powerful
Sound—Still Just $49.99
The next-generation Echo Dot (amazon.com/echodot) features a new
fabric design and more powerful sound—and it is still the best way
to add Alexa to any room. With an all-new curved shape and fabric
finish, Echo Dot is available in Charcoal, Heather Gray, and
Sandstone, letting customers easily mix and match. The new Echo Dot
plays music louder with richer sound, all in a compact design. Put
an Echo Dot in every room to ask for information or the weather,
play your favorite music in a multi-room music grouping, set timers
and alarms, and control compatible smart home devices.
All-New Echo Plus—New Design, Upgraded Sound, Built-In Smart
Home Hub and More Ways to Control Your Smart Home—Still Just
$149.99
With its built-in Zigbee smart home hub, the all-new Echo Plus
(amazon.com/echoplus) makes setting up compatible smart home
devices easy. Just say, “Alexa, discover my devices,” and Echo Plus
will automatically discover and setup compatible lights,
locks, sensors, plugs, switches, and more without the need for
additional hubs or apps. Echo Plus now includes an embedded
temperature sensor, so you can set temperature-based routines using
other smart home devices. For example, when the living room reaches
80 degrees, Alexa can send a notification to your phone and turn on
a connected fan.
With Wi-Fi simple setup, you can automatically connect
compatible smart devices to your Wi-Fi network and Alexa in a few
easy steps. All you need to do is power on the smart device and it
will recognize and connect your device to your Wi-Fi network using
a Wi-Fi password that you have saved in your Wi-Fi Locker. Wi-Fi
simple setup is available with new Echo devices, the new Amazon
Smart Plug, and the AmazonBasics Microwave.
Echo Plus has a larger 3” neodymium woofer and increased back
volume so that the bass feels stronger and the mids and highs are
clearer. It also features an all-new fabric design and is available
in Charcoal, Heather Gray, and Sandstone.
Echo Auto—Available by Invitation for a Special Price of
$24.99
Echo Auto (amazon.com/echoauto) is an easy and affordable way to
add the power of Alexa to your car or truck. With an
eight-microphone array designed for in-car acoustics and speech
recognition technology, Echo Auto lets Alexa hear you over music,
A/C, and road noise. The device is powered by your car's 12V power
outlet or USB port, and connects to your stereo system through a
3.5 mm audio jack or Bluetooth connection. It connects to Alexa
through the Alexa app on your smartphone and uses your existing
phone plan to access a range of features such as music, navigation,
calling, and more.
With Echo Auto in your car or truck, just ask Alexa to hear your
morning news, listen to an Audible book on your commute, get the
latest traffic updates, and more. You can also set a routine that
turns on your lights when you pull into the driveway, set reminders
to pick up your dry cleaning, add errands to your to-do list and
check them off when they’re complete, build your shopping list or
manage your calendar—all while your eyes stay on the road.
Echo Companion Devices—Enhance your Experience with
Alexa
Echo Wall Clock – See Timers at a Glance—Just $29.99
Echo Wall Clock (amazon.com/echowallclock) helps keep you and
your family organized at home. Use your voice to start a timer with
your compatible Echo device and easily see how much time is
remaining on your clock. The 60 LED ring can display multiple
timers for cooking, countdown to a family event, and show visual
animations for alarms and reminders to keep you on schedule. The
10-inch battery powered clock connects to your Echo via Bluetooth,
automatically syncs to the correct time, and is a perfect companion
for the kitchen, family room, home office, or any room in your home
with a compatible Echo device.
Echo Input—Add Alexa to your own Speaker—Just $34.99
Echo Input (amazon.com/echoinput) lets you add Alexa to your
existing speaker. Echo Input connects to your speaker through a
3.5mm audio cable or Bluetooth, and features a four-microphone
array so you can talk to Alexa from across the room. Echo Input is
just 12.5mm tall, so it blends easily into every room. Unlike Echo
Dot which has a built-in speaker, all audio is played through the
connected speaker rather than through Echo Input itself. When
connected to Echo Input, your speaker can be added to a new or
existing multi-room music group. Echo Input will be available in
black and white.
Echo Sub—Powerful Subwoofer for your Echo—Just $129.99
Echo Sub (amazon.com/echosub) is the first wireless Echo
subwoofer for those who want to pump up the bass when listening to
music on their existing or new Echo devices. You can connect Echo
Sub to compatible Echo devices to create a 1.1 or 2.1 pairing for
stereo sound. Plus, with the equalizer feature you can adjust the
bass, mid-range, and treble of the pairing simply by using your
voice. Just say, “Alexa, turn up the bass.”
Echo Link and Echo Link Amp—Stream High-Fidelity Music to your
Speakers or Stereo System —Just $199.99 and $299.99
Echo Link (amazon.com/echolink) and Echo Link Amp
(amazon.com/echolinkamp) are for music lovers who want to use Alexa
to stream music to their existing audio equipment.
Echo Link is an audio component that connects to your
high-fidelity stereo system to stream music services. Echo Link
includes analog, optical, coax, headphone 3.5mm, and subwoofer
line-outs; and analog, optical, and coax line-ins. It has a volume
knob for granular control, an Ethernet port for reliable
connectivity, and support for multi-room music through Alexa.
Echo Link Amp is Echo Link with a built-in 60W, 2-channel
amplifier. Additionally it has left-right speaker binding post
outputs to support wiring directly to passive and non-powered
speakers.
Both Echo Link and Echo Link Amp can be controlled through the
Alexa app or another Echo device in your home. Simply say, “Alexa,
turn up the music in the living room,” to listen to tunes through
your existing stereo system.
New Smart Home Devices
AmazonBasics Microwave—Now Simply Ask Alexa to Start
Cooking—Just $59.99
The AmazonBasics Microwave (amazon.com/amazonbasicsmicrowave) is
a compact countertop microwave that connects to your Echo device
and makes cooking easier by integrating the simplicity and
convenience of voice. Features include:
- Cook with your voice: With AmazonBasics
Microwave, ask Alexa to reheat, defrost, or microwave for your
desired cook time and power level. Plus, use a variety of
quick-cook voice presets such as, “Alexa, microwave two potatoes”
or “Alexa, reheat a cup of coffee” and the AmazonBasics Microwave
takes care of the rest. Since Alexa is always getting smarter,
new quick-cook voice presets will be added regularly.
- Never run out of popcorn: Now you don’t
have to keep track of how much popcorn is in your pantry or worry
about running out for family movie night. AmazonBasics Microwave is
integrated with Amazon Dash Replenishment and with the Auto Popcorn
Replenishment feature, can automatically reorder popcorn before you
run out.
- The “Ask Alexa” button: When the
built-in Ask Alexa button is pressed, your paired Echo device wakes
up and will begin listening for a microwave command. Simply press
and say “two minutes and 30 seconds on medium” and AmazonBasics
Microwave starts cooking. With the Ask Alexa button, there’s no
need to say “Alexa” or “microwave.”
In addition to offering customers a simpler way to cook, the
AmazonBasics Microwave demonstrates how other device makers can use
the Alexa Connect Kit to create smart home devices. The
AmazonBasics Microwave is the first device built using Alexa
Connect Kit and highlights how device makers can quickly and easily
build smart devices with features and services customers want. The
Alexa Connect Kit enables device makers to create high-quality,
Alexa-connected devices easily, quickly, and economically, without
managing cloud services or complicated firmware. Learn more about
Alexa Connect Kit: www.developer.amazon.com.
Amazon Smart Plug—Just $24.99
With the Amazon Smart Plug (amazon.com/amazonsmartplug), use
your voice to control your lights, fans, coffee maker, and more.
The Amazon Smart Plug is the first Wi-Fi smart plug to use Wi-Fi
simple setup, making it easy to start – and expand – your smart
home with connected devices. All you need is a compatible
Alexa-enabled device like Echo, Fire TV, Fire tablet, Sonos One, or
even just the Alexa app on your phone to get started. From there,
easily set a routine that turns your lights on at 6:00am and your
lights off at 10:00pm; and with multiple Amazon Smart Plugs, you
can control multiple outlets.
Availability
Echo Dot, Echo Plus, and Echo Sub are available for pre-order
starting today and will start shipping next month. Echo Auto is
available by invitation and will start shipping later this
year.
Echo Wall Clock, Echo Input, and Echo Link will be available
later this year, and Echo Link Amp will be available in early 2019.
Customers can sign up today to be notified when they are
available.
AmazonBasics Microwave is available for pre-order starting today
and will start shipping later this year. Amazon Smart Plug is
available for pre-order starting today and will start shipping next
month.
The new devices announced today join the all-new Echo Show,
Echo, and Echo Spot to create the Echo family of devices. Amazon
also introduced new Alexa features that will roll out to Echo
devices in the coming weeks. Read the press releases:
www.amazon.com/pr.
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Commission. These devices are not, and may not be, offered for sale
or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.
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