Amazon’s next-gen Echo and Kindle units are virtually right here

Prepare for a parade of latest Amazon units—together with Echo audio system powered by the brand new AI Alexa—at showcase in New York Metropolis later this month. 

The occasion is slated for September 30, and the timing places Amazon again on observe for its traditional fall preview of its newest wares. Amazon skipped its typical fall occasion final 12 months in favor of a smaller Kindle-only unveiling. 

The Amazon invitation reveals what seems to be Alexa’s telltale blue gentle ring, together with the well-known Kindle emblem, so it looks like new Echo units and Kindle tablets are protected bets. 

The upcoming occasion will mark the primary full-on Amazon Units fall showcase for the reason that arrival of Alexa+, the AI-supercharged model of Alexa. Alexa+ made its splashy debut again in February following a prolonged delay, and it’s been rolling out ever so slowly over the previous a number of months. 

Amazon’s massive fall {hardware} occasion may also be the primary to characteristic Panos Panay, the previous Microsoft govt who took over Amazon’s Alexa and Echo divisions. Panay, who succeed outgoing Amazon exec David Limp again in September 2023, hosted a scaled-down Kindle occasion final fall, in addition to the Alexa+ reveal earlier this 12 months. 

A number of of Amazon’s hottest Echo units are due for a refresh, together with the ever-popular Echo Dot. The fifth-generation Echo Dot made its debut again in 2022, most notably with the brand new skill to behave as an extender for Amazon’s Eero mesh Wi-Fi routers. 

The four-year-old Amazon Echo Present 10 with its swiveling show can also be ripe for a re-do, as is the Echo Studio, the Dolby Atmos-capable Echo speaker that got here out method again in 2020. The Echo Studio has lengthy been unavailable for buy, and no Echo speaker with comparable audio high quality has come alongside to interchange it. 

Moreover Echo speaker and shows, Amazon will doubtless unveil new Kindle {hardware} on the occasion. Ring cameras are additionally stables of Amazon’s fall occasion, together with (considerably infamously) the At all times Dwelling Cam, the flying Ring drone digicam that by no means made it out of its early-access standing. 

Amazon’s fall occasion will come only a day earlier than Google reveals off the most recent Google Dwelling units, together with (very in all probability) new Nest cams and a brand new good speaker powered by Gemini.