Amazon Announce All-New members of the Alexa family: Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Show, Fire TV and Fire HD 10
Amazon introduce the All-New members of the Alexa family: Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Show, Fire TV and Fire HD 10.
ll-New Amazon Echo – from £ 89.99, pre-order now
- Amazon Echo connects to Alexa—a cloud-based voice service—to play music, make calls, set alarms and timers, ask questions, check your calendar, weather, traffic and sports scores, manage to-do and shopping lists, control compatible smart home devices, and more.
- Just ask for a song, artist or genre from Amazon Music, Spotify, TuneIn and more. With multi-room music, you can play music on Echo devices in different rooms, available for Amazon Music, TuneIn and Spotify (coming soon); Bluetooth not supported. Echo can also play audiobooks, radio stations, news briefings and more.
- Call or message anyone hands-free who also has an Echo device or the Alexa App. Also, quickly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice.
- Powerful speakers powered by Dolby that fill the room with immersive, 360° omnidirectional audio, and deliver crisp vocals and dynamic bass response.
- With seven microphones, beam-forming technology and noise cancellation, Echo hears you from any direction—even while music is playing.
- Just ask Alexa to control your compatible smart lights, switches, thermostats and more.
- Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills. Just ask Alexa to request an Uber, order a pizza, get train times, and more.
- Customize your Echo for any room, with a choice of six fabrics and finishes.
Learn more about the All-New Amazon Echo
Introducing: Echo Plus – With built-in smart home hub – £ 139.99, pre-order now
- Echo Plus connects to Alexa—a cloud-based voice service—to play music, make calls, set alarms and timers, ask questions, check traffic and weather, and more. Plus, with the built-in hub you can directly set up and control compatible smart home devices.
- Alexa can control smart lights, thermostats, switches, door locks and more. Directly set up compatible devices from Philips Hue, , Hive and others without the need for a separate hub. Just ask Alexa to discover your connected devices.
- Just ask for a song, artist or genre from Amazon Music, Spotify, TuneIn and more. With multi-room music, you can play music on Echo devices in different rooms, available for Amazon Music, TuneIn and Spotify (coming soon); Bluetooth not supported. Echo can also play audiobooks, radio stations, news briefings and more.
- Call or message anyone hands-free who also has an Echo device or the Alexa App. Also, quickly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice.
- Improved speakers powered by Dolby deliver crisp vocals and extended bass to fill the room with immersive, 360° audio.
- With seven microphones, beam-forming technology and noise cancellation, Echo Plus hears you from any direction—even while music is playing.
- Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills. Just ask Alexa to control compatible smart devices, request an Uber, order a pizza, and more.
- Includes a Philips Hue Smart Bulb at no additional cost. Echo Plus is available in a choice of three colours – silver, black and white.
Introducing: Echo Show – Now Alexa can show you things – £ 199.99, pre-order now
- Echo Show brings you everything you love about Alexa, and now she can show you things. Watch video flash briefings, Amazon Videosee music lyrics, security cameras, photos, weather forecasts, to-do and shopping lists, browse and listen to Audible audiobooks, and more. All hands-free—just ask.
- Introducing a new way to be together. Make hands-free video calls to friends and family who have an Echo Show or the Alexa App, and make voice calls to anyone who has an Echo device or the Alexa App.
- See lyrics on-screen with Amazon Music. Just ask to play a song, artist or genre, and stream over Wi-Fi. Also, stream music on Spotify, TuneIn and RadioPlayer.
- Powerful, room-filling speakers with Dolby processing for crisp vocals and extended bass response. Play your music simultaneously across multiple Echo devices in separate rooms with multi-room music (Available for Amazon Music and TuneIn (Spotify coming soon). Bluetooth not supported).
- Ask Alexa to show you the front door or monitor the baby’s room with compatible cameras from Arlo, Ring and more. Turn on lights, control thermostats and more with WeMo, Philips Hue, Hive, and other compatible smart home devices.
- With eight microphones, beam-forming technology and noise cancellation, Echo Show hears you from any direction—even while music is playing.
- Always getting smarter and adding new features, plus thousands of skills such as BBC, Uber and Open Table.
- Available in black and white.
Overview: All-New Fire TV with 4K Ultra HD and Alexa Voice Remote – £69.99, pre-order now
- All-new Fire TV with 4K Ultra HD and HDR support in a compact and portable form factor
- Experience true-to-life picture quality and sound with access to vivid 4K Ultra HD up to 60 fps, HDR and Dolby Atmos audio
- 10,000+ channels, apps and Alexa skills with access to over 200,000 movies and TV episodes from BBC, Prime Video, Netflix, YouTube, ITV, Curzon, UKTV Play, and more. Additional charges may apply.
- Launch apps and control content with the included Alexa Voice Remote. Simply say “Launch ITV Hub” or “Skip ahead 5 minutes” and Alexa responds.
- Do more with Alexa by playing music, ordering a pizza and controlling compatible lights or other smart-home devices—just ask.
- Prime membership unlocks thousands of movies and TV episodes, including Amazon Original Series, Amazon Channels and ad-free listening to millions of songs with Prime Music. Channels are available as individual subscriptions so you only pay for the TV channels you want
- Simply plug into an HDTV and start streaming in minutes. With an ultra-fast processor and 802.11ac Wi-Fi, you can rely on smooth and responsive performance.
Learn more about the All-New Fire TV
Overview: All-new Fire HD 10 with Alexa hands-free – from £149.99, available today
- Full HD display—Brilliant 10.1” widescreen 1080p display (1920 x 1200) with over 2 million pixels (224 ppi) for bright, vivid image quality.
- Faster performance—Quad-core processor with up to 1.8 GHz and 2GB of RAM—2x the RAM and 30% faster than the previous generation Fire HD 10—delivering quick app launches, smooth videos and games, and great overall performance.
- More storage—The most storage available on a Fire tablet with options for 32GB or 64GB, and support for up to 256GB of expandable storage via microSD. Plus, enjoy free unlimited cloud storage for all Amazon content and photos taken with Fire tablets.
- Longer battery life—Up to 10 hours of mixed use battery life, giving you the flexibility to go wherever the day takes you.
- Alexa hands-free—Just ask Alexa to play a song, pause a movie, read audiobooks, answer questions, show your calendar, control your smart home, and more on your Fire tablet.
- Dolby Atmos Audio—Custom-tuned, dual stereo speakers for immersive and high-quality sound.
- Dual-band Wi-Fi—Seamlessly stream your favourite videos with dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi support.
- Front- and rear-facing cameras—Video chat with friends and family with the front-facing camera, take and share photos, and save them for later with free, unlimited cloud storage for all photos taken on Fire devices.