"At its annual hardware event, Amazon introduced a new lineup of Echo devices, built specifically for its AI assistant, Alexa+, which has already rolled out to millions of customers through its early access program. To showcase the AI's capabilities, Amazon is releasing four new Echo devices with improved processing power and memory: the Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, Echo Show 8, and Echo Show 11."
"The AZ3 enables better conversation detection on the Echo Dot, letting people talk to the device from anywhere in the room, while still filtering out background noise. The chip also improves detection of the wake word by over 50%, Amazon claims. The other three devices - the Studio, Show 8, and 11 - use the AZ3 Pro, which adds support for advanced language models and vision transformers."
"Key to the devices are the Alexa+ integrations, allowing the speakers to respond to more queries than earlier models, offering support for natural language conversations, more complex questions, and soon, more add-ons and capabilities. This will later include an Alexa+ Store, where users can explore services from brands like Fandango, GrubHub, Lyft, Priceline, Taskrabbit, Thumbtack, and Yahoo Sports. The devices will also be able to manage new or existing subscriptions with Amazon's own services like Amazon Music, Amazon Kids+, or Alexa Emergency Assist."
Amazon introduced four new Echo devices — Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, Echo Show 8, and Echo Show 11 — built for Alexa+. The devices run on custom AZ3 and AZ3 Pro chips with an AI Accelerator for on-device edge models. AZ3 improves wake-word detection by over 50% and enables better conversation detection across a room while filtering background noise. AZ3 Pro adds support for advanced language models and vision transformers and powers Ominisense, a sensor platform using camera, audio, ultrasound, Wi‑Fi radar, accelerometer, and CSI for ambient AI. Alexa+ supports more natural language conversations, complex queries, an Alexa+ Store, and subscription management for Amazon services and third-party integrations.
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