Everything announced at Amazon’s October 2026 hardware launch – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2026-10-28T14:15:56+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/1020403 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[Inside Amazon’s Echo hardware event]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=1020388 2026-10-28T09:52:09-04:00 2026-10-28T08:46:42-04:00
Amazon’s head of devices and Alexa, Panos Panay, sitting next to the newest generation of Echo Dot smart speaker. | Photo: Owen Grove / The Verge

Amazon swapped its usual big fall hardware showcase this year for a series of smaller launches throughout October. So far this month, it has announced new Fire TV devices, new Kindles, the Alexa Tablet Pro 12, Ring's first smart lock, new hardware from AI-wearable startup Bee, and new Blink 4K cameras.

Then this week, it hosted journalists at a small event in New York City's financial district to showcase its new Echo hardware.

Panos Panay, senior vice president of devices, Alexa, and Leo at Amazon, kicked off proceedings by explaining the company's approach this year. "We have so many products we're launching that are meaningful," he sa …

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]]> Cameron Faulkner <![CDATA[Almost all of Amazon’s new Echo gear is available now]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=1019686 2026-10-28T09:00:41-04:00 2026-10-28T08:29:52-04:00

Amazon used to blast out dozens of products onstage at annual hardware events. If this October is any indication, the company has wisely changed its strategy to put more focus on each new product with its own launch. The latest round of launches focuses on Echo products, including speakers, smart displays, as well as a smart photo frame.

All products, save for the new Echo Show 16 (which might be the most interesting of the bunch), are available to buy today. This includes the Echo Dot, the Echo Studio with Home Camera, the Echo Time, and the Alexa Photo Frame. The Show 16 isn't launching until December 16th, though you can preorder it now …

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]]> Emma Roth <![CDATA[Amazon’s new Echo line is here: the 6 biggest updates]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=1020035 2026-10-28T10:03:02-04:00 2026-10-28T08:08:15-04:00
The Echo Studio with Home Camera, the new Echo Dot, and the Echo Time. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Amazon has just taken the wraps off a bunch of new devices as part of a string of fall announcements. Today's news focuses largely on new Echo speakers, with a few new smart home gadgets sprinkled in.

Here's a roundup of all of the updates Amazon revealed on Wednesday.

Echo Show 16 adds a larger display and other upgrades

Amazon's new Echo Show 16 has a 16-inch display in an anodized aluminum frame that the company says is nearly 40 percent thinner than its predecessor. There's a new Nanomatte display option to reduce glare, along with an audio architecture with micro woofers and two tweeters for clearer audio.

The Echo Show 16 features …

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]]> Andrew Liszewski <![CDATA[Amazon’s first digital picture frame lets you add voice notes to photos]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=1019626 2026-10-28T08:58:07-04:00 2026-10-28T08:00:00-04:00 The Amazon Alexa Photo Frame showing two images side by side.

Amazon's screen-equipped smart speakers have long been able to display your family's photos, but its new Alexa Photo Frame is purpose-built for that task. It's designed to compete with other digital picture frames from companies like Aura, and Amazon's incorporates a smart speaker with access to Alexa Plus' capabilities through voice commands. However, unlike the Echo Show and Amazon's other smart home hubs, the Alexa Photo Frame only ever displays your photos, and you'll never be served an ad.

The Alexa Photo Frame is available starting today; it's $199.99 for a black frame or $229 if you want to upgrade to a frame made from birch or walnu …

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]]> Jay Peters <![CDATA[Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker has a camera]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=1020241 2026-10-28T08:09:32-04:00 2026-10-28T08:00:00-04:00

Amazon is giving its premium smart speaker a camera. The new Echo Studio with Home Camera, announced today as part of Amazon's big blast of announcements, has a built-in camera for monitoring a room while you're away, showing things to Alexa, and, soon, to use with video calls on Fire TV devices. It's an iteration on the revised Echo Studio announced last year, which had a brand-new design.

The Echo Studio with Home Camera also offers some audio updates. Amazon says a new feature called "Advanced Room Adaptation" will continuously tune sound to the space that the speaker is in. There's also an "Adaptive Volume" feature that raises or lowers …

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]]> Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[Our first look at Amazon’s big new Echo Show 16]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=1020286 2026-10-28T09:15:30-04:00 2026-10-28T08:00:00-04:00
The Echo Show 16 is a ground-up rebuild of Amazon’s storied smart display line. | Photo: Owen Grove / The Verge

Amazon's latest Echo Show smart display is big, gorgeous, and eye-wateringly expensive. Announced today, the Echo Show 16 costs $499.99 (wall mount included) and is available to preorder now. There's a Nanomatte display option for $569.99, plus a $100 preorder discount ahead of its release later this year.

After spending time with the device at a small media event in New York City this week, I think the Echo Show 16 could be the versatile family hub Alexa users have been asking for. The sleek hardware brings with it a completely new software experience, including better smart home controls, a much-improved calendar interface, and a real pho …

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]]> Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[Spending time with the Echo Time — a smart clock that senses you sleeping]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=1020352 2026-10-28T10:15:56-04:00 2026-10-28T08:00:00-04:00

Amazon just announced its newest smart alarm clock - the Echo Time. The baseball-sized smart speaker with a screen, the Time looks like an Echo Dot with Clock and an Echo Spot had a much bigger baby. It features a 3.2-inch touchscreen that prominently displays your choice of a huge selection of clockfaces and includes a sleep-sensing feature that promises to rouse you at just the right time in your sleep cycle to help you feel more rested. It costs $199.99 and is available to order now.

I spent some time with the Time at Amazon's event in New York City and was impressed by several upgrades over the Spot, one of my favorite smart alarm c …

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]]> Jess Weatherbed <![CDATA[Amazon’s Alexa Home Map is getting a smarter 3D redesign]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=1020392 2026-10-28T07:10:40-04:00 2026-10-28T08:00:00-04:00 The new Alexa Home Map displayed on an Echo Show.
It’ll use compatible Ring cameras to show you animations of people and cars moving outside your home. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Amazon's smart home map interface that shows you where all your connected devices are has been overhauled with new graphics, features, and dynamic effects. The new Alexa Home Map is now an interactive 3D view of not just everything that's inside your property, but outside of it too - using compatible Ring cameras to provide a 360-degree view that animates cars and people moving nearby.

Even just visually speaking, it's a considerable upgrade from the 2D map that was introduced to the Alexa app in 2023. This new version looks similar to Samsung's SmartThings Map View, and makes it easier to see exactly where all of your Echo devices, Ring an …

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