Amazon is currently (as I write this) announcing a whole host of new products, what they've announced so far:
- An Echo dot with a clock ($59)
- A better Echo with high-end speakers (Echo Studio) - $199
- An echo convection oven/microwave combo - $249
- A Mini Echo that is a combo echo/smart plug/usb charger - just plugs into an outlet - $25
- New EERO mesh routers - dropped the price to $249 for a 3-pack, can be controlled via alexa -i.e. Alexa, shut off the xbox wifi
- Celebrity Alexa voices ($0.99) - starting with Samuel Jackson
- New Ring cams (Indoor $59, outdoor $99)
- A Ring Alarm retrofit kit for $200/350 - lets you use existing alarm hardware for Ring Alarm
- Fetch - a pet finding device
- Echo Buds - Amazon's answer to airpods - Noise reduction, bose technology, alexa built in 129
- Echo Frames - Alexa in prescription glasses frames - holy crap!!! - no video, just microphones and audio - $180
- Echo Loop - smart ring - $130
Some other tech announcements include:
- More fluid echo conversations
- Better Alexa integration to Firetv
- Alexa Routines - i.e. macros that it learns from your behavior and allows you to combine into one step
- Alexa routines for your ring doorbell -i.e. Visitor can say - "I am here to drop off this package" and alexa can respond with "Leave it at the door"