Amazon Launches $249 Echo Studio With 13MP Camera and AI Accelerator
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Updated · Ars Technica · Oct 28
Amazon Launches $249 Echo Studio With 13MP Camera and AI Accelerator
3 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Oct 28
Summary
Amazon’s new $249 Echo Studio with Home Camera adds a 13MP camera to its premium Alexa speaker, letting the device track a listener’s position and keep music or audiobooks at a consistent volume.
The speaker also uses Amazon’s AZ3 Pro chip—with an AI accelerator for Alexa+—to power visual features such as recognizing objects in front of the camera and answering related requests in real time.
Audio hardware changes are limited: the new model keeps the standard Echo Studio’s 3.75-inch woofer, three full-range drivers, Dolby Atmos support, four-microphone array and lossless HD audio features.
Amazon is pitching the camera as both a smart-home monitor for remote room checks and part of a broader Alexa device refresh unveiled the same day.