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Amazon Echo Frames (3rd-gen) hands-on: Refined look, better sound, faster Alexa
Amazon’s smart glasses have yet to impress us, but the company made big changes for its third-gen Echo Frames that could go along way in changing our minds. First, the company has upgraded the design, slimming down the area around your temples that houses all of the components. Amazon has…
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Amazon’s new Echo Frames promise longer battery life and better audio
Amazon’s smart glasses are getting their first significant update in more than two years, the company announced during its annual fall event on Wednesday. The latest version of the Echo Frames will ship with a longer battery life and redesigned audio experience, along with several new colors and styles. The…
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Kids will soon be able to have natural conversations with Alexa
Amazon has used today’s hardware event to go all-in on Alexa’s new LLM-infused capabilities, touting how easy it’ll soon be to have a natural sounding conversation with the bot. This also extends to kids, as the company just announced Explore With Alexa. This is a pared-down and kid-friendly version of…
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Blink’s new Outdoor 4 camera accessories include battery and range extenders
It’s been less than a month since Blink, Amazon’s other security camera company, released the Outdoor 4. Now, as part of Amazon’s annual fall showcase, we’re getting a trio of accessories to help the camera travel further and do more when it gets there. First on the list is the…
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Amazon’s Echo Show 8 offers spatial audio and a dynamic, proximity-based UI
Amazon debuted an updated Echo Show 8 during its annual fall event on Wednesday, highlighting the device’s new display, camera, microphones and spatial-audio capabilities. Generative AI helps the Echo Show 8 respond dynamically to the user’s position in the physical world, offering different displays depending on how far away someone…
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Meta’s paid verification for businesses will cost almost double what it does for individuals
Meta’s paid verification service is no longer just for individuals. The social network is expanding its subscription service to businesses on Facebook, Instagram and, eventually, WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company’s “Conversations” event. Meta Verified first launched for Facebook and Instagram earlier this year, but wasn't available for those…
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