Category: Amazon News
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From New Fire TVs to a Smarter Alexa, Here’s Everything Amazon Announced At its Fall Event
Amazon on Wednesday unloaded a staggering number of new products, from new Fire TV sticks to new Ring and Blink cameras, but the star of the show was a preview of the future capabilities of its Alexa digital assistant. Dave Limp, the head of devices and services for Amazon who plans to leave the company…
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Amazon Introduces a New Fire TV Sound Bar
Today, Amazon announced a new Fire TV Sound Bar. This allows you to have your sound bar work perfectly with your Fire TV. The new two-channel Fire TV Soundbar brings customers room-filling sound with support for DTS® Virtual:X and Dolby Audio. Featuring a compact 24-inch design, the Fire TV Soundbar is simple to set up…
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Amazon Unveils Alexa-Powered Echo Hub Smart Home Control Panel for $179.99
Amazon added a new member to the Echo family with the introduction of the Echo Hub, a wall-mountable smart home hub that it hopes will tie its multiple products — and all your connected gadgets — together. The Echo Hub, like all Amazon products, will be powered by Alexa and feature an 8-inch touchscreen with…
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Echo Frames Smart Glasses Get Refresh and New Styles, Starts at $269.99
Amazon isn’t done with the smart glasses market. The online retailer introduced a refresh of its Echo Frames smart glasses. It’s a refresh of the original Echo Frames, which launched two years ago and came packed with Alexa. Like the original, this upgraded version allows you make calls, listen to media, control smart home devices…
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Amazon Unveils Echo Show 8 For $149.99
Amazon showed off its Echo Show 8 smart display, the first refresh in two years. The Echo Show 8 features a new design with a centered camera to better aligned the 8-inch display. It also features better audio with a spatial audio processor integrated into the rear speaker. It will cost $149.99 and comes out…
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Amazon Will Unveil New Devices Tomorrow. Here is Everything We Expect, Including Fire TVs, Echos, Eero WiFi, and More
Amazon will hold its big annual devices event tomorrow, which is the company’s opportunity to refresh a number of products in its increasingly large lineup. As with previous years, we’re hoping for updates to multiple devices, including new Fire TV sticks, Echo speakers and displays, Ring cameras, Blink devices, and a eero WiFi. Update: Amazon…
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Amazon Will Announce New Devices This Week Here is Everything We Know About The New Fire TVs
This week, Amazon has a big device event coming, and now we have a good idea of what they will be announcing. Multiple new devices are expected from Amazon including new Fire TVs. Recently, Amazon got FCC approval for two new Fire TV sticks. Details are still very thin, but AFTVnews.com spotted these listings, and…
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Roku Dominates Connected TV Platforms, With Fire TV a Distant Second
Roku continues to be the connected TV platform to beat, nabbing nearly 40% of all ad impressions in the first half. That’s according to a report from Beachfront, which sells software to help with the distribution of ads. Roku had 38.8% of connected TV ad impressions, while Amazon’s Fire TV came in second with 15.7%.…
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Amazon Invests Millions to Boost Pay For Contract Delivery Drivers
Amazon is investing $440 million to raise minimum pay rates for its team of delivery drivers contracted to bring packages to your home. Amazon disclosed the increase on Tuesday at Ignite Live, an annual conference for the company’s Delivery Service Partner program. The investment could affect the pay for 279,000 third-party drivers. The retail giant…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Overhauls Live Channel Guide So it’s Easier to Use
With so much entertainment available at your fingertips, sifting through it all can be time-consuming. Fire TV is upgrading its live channel guide to organize content better so users can find what they want to watch when they want to watch it. The upgrades give the Fire TV’s built-in program guide, which lists live TV…