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Panos Panay, Amazon\u2019s<\/span> senior vice president of Devices and Alexa, says a couple hundred million people now use Alexa+<\/a>, the revamped version<\/a> of the decade-old voice assistant, on its Echo devices<\/a>. He says people talk to Alexa+ two to three times more than before its AI glow-up<\/a>, cook with it five times more, listen to music three times more, and create routines twice as much.<\/p>\n

To keep that momentum going, Amazon has new Echo products to deliver a richer Alexa+ experience, including minor refreshes on existing hardware and entirely new categories. Announced Wednesday and available for purchase now, they include the Echo Dot ($100)<\/a>, Echo Studio With Home Camera ($250)<\/a>, Echo Show 16 ($500)<\/a>, Echo Time ($200)<\/a>, and the first Alexa Photo Frame ($200)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone\u2019s really doing AI at all in the home, and if they are, they aren\u2019t doing it well,\u201d Panay says at an intimate media-only event in New York City. As people have \u201cdeeper\u201d conversations with Alexa+, Panay says devices need to be in premium shape\u2014a strategy Amazon has been focusing on after announcing more premium Kindles<\/a> and Alexa Tablets<\/a> in early October.<\/p>\n

You can see that premiumization in the hardware pricing: The Echo Dot\u2014once the affordable, entry-level $50 smart speaker\u2014now starts at $100. That\u2019s higher than the marked-up prices<\/a> on existing Amazon devices from this summer, which the company blamed on the memory shortage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The new Echo Dot costs $100 and comes in four colors.<\/p>\n

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Panay says Amazon has sold more than 100 million Echo Dots, and in 2026 alone, people spent more than a trillion minutes listening to music on the diminutive orb. So, the main goal for the new Dot? Boost the sound. The full-range driver reportedly delivers 50 percent stronger bass performance and crisper vocals.<\/p>\n

With four beamforming microphones (up from three) and Amazon\u2019s AZ3 chip<\/a>, Alexa can isolate your voice in a noisy environment and track your commands more effectively. It also has Omnisense like last year\u2019s Echo Dot Max<\/a>, which can sense the environment to, say, detect when you walk into the home and turn on the lights.<\/p>\n

The Dot now supports the Matter standard<\/a> and works as a Thread border router<\/a>, turning it into a hub for setting up and controlling smart home devices. If you have an Eero router<\/a>, it can also turn into a Wi-Fi extender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Panos Panay, Amazon\u2019s senior vice president of Devices and Alexa, says a couple hundred million people now use Alexa+, the revamped version of the decade-old voice assistant, on its Echo devices. 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