Introducing the Next Generation of Echo: the All-New Amazon Echo and Echo Plus

Introducing the Next Generation of Echo: the All-New Amazon Echo and Echo Plus

All-new Echo brings all the features you love about Alexa, now with a new design, improved sound with Dolby processing, and a lower price-just $99.99

Echo Plus has a built-in smart home hub to easily connect your smart devices-set up and start controlling lights, locks, and more in minutes-just $149.99, with a Philips Hue smart lightbulb included while supplies last

Routines let you control multiple devices and actions with a single voice command-for example, simply say, Alexa, good morning, and Alexa will turn on the lights, start your coffee pot, and read the day's forecast

Now, call anyone with Alexa-new calling feature offers free outbound calling from Echo devices, plus the all-new Echo Connect brings the convenience of hands-free inbound and outbound calling to your home phone

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 27, 2017-- (NASDAQ: AMZN)-Three years ago, Amazon introduced Echo and Alexa, offering a new way to interact with technology using just your voice. Today, Amazon introduced the next generation of Echo: the all-new Echo with a new design and improved sound for just $99.99, and Echo Plus with a built-in smart home hub for just $149.99.

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Three years ago we introduced the first Echo, powered by Alexa, with a goal to fundamentally simplify and improve the way customers interact with their homes, said Tom Taylor, Senior Vice President, Amazon Alexa. Today, Alexa can make calls, play music in every room, turn on your lights, and even order you a pizza. But it's still day one, and today we're making Echo and Alexa even better. The all-new Echo and Echo Plus deliver better sound, all new far-field technology, and new features we think customers will love.

All-New Echo-Now with a New Design and Improved Sound to Fit in Every Room-Just $99.99

New design

With an all-new compact design, Echo fits easily into any room in your home while delivering next generation far-field performance and improved room-filling sound. Pick from a variety of shell colors and finishes to fit into your home's d cor-choices include charcoal, sandstone, heather gray, oak veneer, walnut veneer, and silver.

Immersive sound

Echo combines an all-new speaker architecture, a dedicated tweeter, a 2.5 down-firing woofer, and Dolby processing to deliver crisp vocals and dynamic bass throughout the room-all in a smaller design and at an even more affordable price. Alexa can play music from leading services like Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more.

Second generation far-field technology

The new Echo uses Amazon's second generation far-field technology, which features better wake word processing, improved beamforming technology, and enhanced noise cancellation. The Echo far-field technology works to detect the wake word from across the room even in the noisiest parts of your home.

All-New Echo Plus- Built-In Hub to Easily Set Up and Control Your Smart Home-Just $149.99

Set up your smart home in minutes

With its built-in smart home hub, Echo Plus makes connecting to compatible smart home devices easy. Just say, Alexa, discover my devices, and Echo Plus will automatically discover and set up compatible lights, locks, plugs, switches, and more without the need for additional hubs or apps. This simple set-up works with a variety of ZigBee products from leading brands such as Philips Hue, GE, Kwikset, and more. To help get your smart home started, Amazon customers will receive a Philips Hue smart lightbulb with the purchase of an Echo Plus while supplies last.

More powerful audio and better performance

Echo Plus has enhanced 360-degree omni-directional audio, with Dolby processing, to provide deeper bass and crisper high notes for better audio clarity. You can play music from Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more. With Amazon Music, you can search for music by lyrics, time-period, or let Alexa pick the music for you. Like the new Echo, Echo Plus features second generation far-field technology for even better performance.

All new Alexa features

Alexa Routines

Routines allow you to automate a series of customizable actions using a single voice command of your choice. For example, say, Alexa, good night, and Alexa will turn off the lights, lock the door, and turn off the TV. You can also create Routines based on the time of day - for example, you can create a Routine that has Alexa turn on the kitchen lights, start the coffee maker, and read the weather forecast at 6 a.m. every weekday and at 9 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

Routines are compatible with popular Works with Amazon Alexa lights, plugs, switches, and door locks from leading brands like TP Link, Philips Hue, Wemo, and August, and will be available for all Alexa devices including the all-new Echo, the previous generation Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, and Echo Plus starting next month.

Improved smart home groups

You no longer need to remember the specific name of a smart device or group of smart devices to control them. Now you can place your Echo and smart devices into smart home groups, which enables Alexa to act intelligently on your request, making your interactions with your smart home more natural and effortless. For example, when you walk into the kitchen, you can now say to your Echo Alexa, turn on the lights rather than Alexa, turn on the kitchen overhead lamp.

This feature will be available on the all-new Echo, the previous generation Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, and Echo Plus starting next month.

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