Amazon Starts Selling Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio with New AI Chips

Amazon launches Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio with new AZ3 chips, improved sound, Alexa+ AI, spatial audio, and Dolby Atmos.

Meet geofencing, the magical smart home superpower you aren’t using (yet)

From opening your garage door as you drive up to arming your security system when you leave, a geofence can make your smart ...
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How I turned my Echo Show into a Home Assistant control panel

The Home Assistant app will install, and you should see the app icon in Nova Launcher. Tap the icon, sign in, and you have full access to the Home Assistant app through your Echo. You can use it in ...

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call October 29, 2025 5:30 PM EDT Greetings, and welcome to the Microsoft Fiscal Year 2026 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions ...

Amazon Echo Dot Max review: Disappointing sound, but Alexa+ is a star

The Echo Dot Max is a fine way to interact with Alexa+ and enjoy some tunes, but it doesn't sound nearly as good as some of ...

I talked to Alexa for days on the Amazon Echo Dot Max to see if it’s worth $100

The Echo Dot Max is one of Amazon’s most robust and best-sounding smart speakers yet, though plenty of folks will be served just as well by cheaper options.
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Amazon Echo Studio vs. Echo Dot Max: Which Should You Buy?

Amazon's newest smart speakers start at $100, but do they offer enough of an incentive to upgrade? I went hands-on.
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Echo Dot Max vs. Echo Studio: The Alexa+ Showdown

The future of AI in the home will be spoken, not typed,” declared Panos Panay during Amazon’s recent hardware event, and the company’s latest Echo lineup seems engineered to prove that point. At the ...