Amazon has unveiled its next-generation of Echo devices, powered by new chips to give Alexa Plus a boost.
Amazon has unveiled its latest Echo devices: the Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, Echo Show 8, and Echo Show 11.
The Echo Dot Max features a new custom-designed chip called the AZ3, while the other three devices have the more advanced AZ3 Pro.
All four devices are available for pre-order, and owners will get Alexa Plus early access out of the box.
Today, Amazon held its highly anticipated hardware event, where it made several announcements. Among those announcements was the unveiling of the company’s next-generation smart speakers and displays. What’s new with Amazon’s revamped Echo devices? We’ll break that all down for you below.
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During today’s event, Amazon revealed four new Echo devices: the Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, Echo Show 8, and Echo Show 11. For these devices, the e-commerce giant custom-designed two chips — AZ3 and AZ3 Pro — meant to help run the company’s AI. The Echo Dot Max was given the AZ3, which Amazon says powers the microphone array, supports free-flowing conversations with Alexa Plus, and filters out background noise and improves Alexa’s ability to detect wake-words by over 50%. Meanwhile, the rest of the new product line has the AZ3 Pro chip, which adds support for language models and vision transformers on top of the capabilities of the AZ3.
On top of the new silicon, these devices will have Omnisense. As Amazon explains, Omnisense is a custom sensor platform designed for ambient AI, allowing Alexa to act intelligently to events around the home.
