Amazon September {Hardware} Occasion (2022): Kindle Scribe, Echo Dot, Fireplace TV Dice

Amazon introduced a Prime Early Entry Sale earlier this week (aka Prime Day 2.0), however at this time, the corporate took the wraps off of some new {hardware} it has been cooking up over the previous 12 months. That features new Echo audio system, as common, however there are some surprises too, such because the Kindle Scribe—the primary Kindle you may scribble on—and a bedside sleep tracker known as the Halo Rise. 

This is every part Amazon introduced at this time. The vast majority of these new gadgets will ship in 100% recyclable packaging within the US. 

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A Kindle You Can Doodle On

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One of many options we like finest in regards to the Kindle is that as an e-book reader, it’s a comparatively inexpensive, single-use machine. Nevertheless, as Amazon provides new fashions, the value has crept up. At present, Amazon debuted the primary Kindle you may write on. The Kindle Scribe has a ten.2-inch display, which is decidedly bigger than any present Kindle. The front-lit show is in any other case just like the Paperwhite, with 300 pixels-per-inch (PPI) and adjustable heat gentle, however it additionally comes with a battery-free pen. Now you may annotate books, write in your journal, and mark up PDFs proper out of your Kindle. Subsequent 12 months, you’ll have the ability to ship marked-up paperwork immediately from Microsoft Phrase.

It will likely be out there earlier than the vacations and prices $340 with the pen included, a step up from the expensive Kindle Oasis however just like different E Ink note-taking tablets just like the ReMarkable 2. You get 4 months of Kindle Limitless and free cloud storage too. —Adrienne So

New Echo Audio system

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You’re in luck when you choose Alexa over Google Assistant—Amazon has up to date 5 of its Echo gadgets. The Echo Dot ($50) and Echo Dot With Clock ($60)  every get a brand new customized full-range driver for better-sounding music (with double the bass!). There’s additionally a neat new sensor that provides Alexa the power to carry out a activity primarily based on the room’s temperature, so your sensible fan can routinely kick on when it will get too heat. These two fashions add gesture controls too, so you may faucet the highest of the Dot to dismiss a timer or management music. The Echo Dot Children ($60) will get new owl and dragon designs, however its internals is identical because the final fourth-gen model.