What to anticipate from Amazon’s massive units occasion at present

The autumn tech occasions simply received’t cease. Right now, Amazon has its fall {hardware} occasion, which is more likely to reveal enhancements to voice assistant Alexa and a few new Echo houses for it to dwell inside. It’s been a pair years because the Echo Present acquired an replace, and it’s been even longer for the usual Echo.

The invitation suggests we’re anticipating some Kindle upgrades too — the picture on the invitation is a Kindle with a coloration illustration. The Kindle Scribe 2 got here out earlier this 12 months as did the Kindle Colorsoft, so possibly there’s one thing within the works that mixes one of the best options of each.

Whereas Alexa and Kindle would be the foremost attracts, Amazon’s different tech manufacturers, equivalent to Ring and Eero, might also be current. Briefly, it is more likely to be a busy occasion.

All of it kicks off at 10AM ET in New York Metropolis, the place we’ll be reporting dwell. Keep tuned for all of the bulletins on our Amazon devices liveblog. There’s no video livestream, so we’ll be updating from the occasion prefer it’s 2010.

— Mat Smith

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