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Amazon showed me its new Alexa Home Theater surround sound system, which synchronizes and automatically configures multiple Echo Dot Max or Echo Studio speakers to work with your TV.
Alexa Plus hasn’t changed anything for me; it’s just made my smart home (mostly) easier to manage. It still feels like pieces and parts, not a cohesive whole being run by an intelligent machine. Many of my frustrations with Alexa Plus are connected to the hardware, and changes here could make a big difference.
With the new premium $35 Alexa Voice Remote Pro, you can say "Alexa, find my remote" into any Echo device you own (or the dedicated Remote Finder button in the Fire TV app) to play a sound from your remote, making it easier to find when it's lost.
Amazon Alexa is already a solid smart assistant, but a few clever tweaks and lesser-known features can take your experience to the next level. Here's how to make the most of it.
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A mazon just revealed a ton of new gadgets, and one of them is a new Smart Remote that is completely programmable with Alexa. This device, the Smart Dimmer Switch and Remote, is available for preorder for just $20 and is expected to start shipping in October.
Amazon introduces Alexa Plus with natural conversations and the first Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, combining AI power with a colour reading experience.
The smart home is here to stay, and the convenience of operating from integrated phone apps can save money or time and make your house feel like a home.
Amazon has unveiled its latest generation of Ring, Blink, Fire TV, and Echo devices in its “biggest ever” reveal, marking an aggressive strategic push to integrate artificial intelligence across its all its products.
If you're trying to drown out the sounds of Alexa's voice, by all means, place your expensive Echo by a sink. If you want to keep it intact, never place it anywhere near water. This includes the boiling water, searing oil, or bubbling blueberry jelly on your stove.
We’re at Amazon’s fall 2025 hardware event in New York City, where the company is set to announce a bunch of new gadgets ahead of the holidays. Amazon’s teaser image for today suggested new Kindles, Echos,