Amazon unveiled five new Alexa devices on October 28, expanding its smart‑home lineup with Matter and Thread support. The Echo Show 16 features a 16‑inch HD display, Fire TV, and a 13‑MP camera with night vision, while the Echo Dot now includes a built‑in Zigbee hub, Matter‑over‑Thread border router, and an eero Wi‑Fi extender. The Echo Studio adds visual recognition, Echo Time offers a bedside clock with sleep‑sensing, and the Alexa Photo Frame displays synced Amazon Photos. Amazon [...]

Amazon is offering a limited‑time Audible promotion that runs until October 19. New and lapsed users, whether they have Prime or not, can enroll in Audible Standard for three months at $0.99 per month and receive an additional $20 credit. After the promotional period, the plan reverts to the regular $8.99 monthly rate, but members may cancel auto‑renewal at any time. Audible Standard provides one free audiobook each month and access to a catalog of more than one [...]

Amazon’s SVP of Devices, Panos Panay, announced the company’s new Bee AI wearables at TechCrunch Disrupt, positioning ambient computing as the future of personal AI. The Bee line includes a wristband, pendant, and credit‑card‑sized device that passively records audio, extracts tasks, and deletes raw data in real time, with encrypted transcripts only accessible to the user. Panay emphasized privacy, user control, and the shift from app‑centric interactions to background AI that anticipates needs. The launch signals Amazon’s [...]

Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting is reviewing a proposal for a massive Amazon Robotics Sortable fulfillment center that would span the area of nearly 50 football fields. The facility would employ 1,500 workers and thousands of robots to receive, store, package, and ship Amazon’s 12 million products and those of third‑party sellers. Local residents fear the center will displace small businesses across the islands, erode livelihoods, and increase homelessness. Workers report a highly automated environment where [...]

Amazon Web Services announced September 2026 updates to its AI stack, expanding Amazon Bedrock’s model catalog to include OpenAI’s GPT‑6 Astra, Sol, Luna, and Anthropic’s Claude Opus, Sonnet, and Fable, as well as Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 and xAI’s Grok 4.6/4.7. Bedrock Managed Agents now supports OpenAI models with data retention in AWS, durable sessions, and human‑approval workflows. AgentCore’s runtime cuts cold‑start latency, while Strands harness offers a token‑efficient open‑source agent framework. Native connectors for ServiceNow and [...]

Early owners of Amazon’s 2026 Kindle report a “light bleed” around the device’s edges when using dark mode. The glow appears only at high brightness and is attributed to the new color bezel design. Amazon acknowledged the effect as expected and advised users to lower brightness to mitigate it. The issue surfaced within eight days of launch, prompting complaints on Reddit and calls for replacements, though some users have not noticed the problem. The new line includes [...]

Amazon unveiled a new line of Alexa Tablets, replacing its Fire brand with three models that mimic iPad designs. The entry‑level 8.7‑inch tablet offers 4 GB RAM, up to 128 GB storage and a MediaTek 8189 processor; the 11‑inch version adds 8 GB RAM, a 90 Hz display and the same chipset; the flagship 12‑inch Pro features a 2.8K 120 Hz screen, quad speakers, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB storage and a MediaTek Dimensity 8400 CPU, with optional upgrades to 16 GB RAM and 256 GB storage [...]