Amazon turns its most capable smart speaker into a smart camera, too

Amazon turns its most capable smart speaker into a smart camera, too

The Echo Studio with Home Camera can "see and understand what's in front of the camera."

Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker is also a home surveillance camera

TL;DR Amazon has announced a new version of the Echo Studio smart speaker with an embedded video camera. The Echo Studio with Home Camera can be used to check on your home while you’re away and also gives the Alexa Plus assistant a view of your space. The new speaker costs $249.99. The older version without a camera is still available. The most recent Echo Studio speaker was released just last year, but Amazon’s already back at it with a refres…

Amazon Turns Its Most Powerful Smart Speaker Into a Smart Camera

Amazon has introduced a new version of its Echo Studio smart speaker with an integrated 13-megapixel camera. Released today alongside other Alexa devices, the Echo Studio with Home Camera offers largely the same audio hardware as the standard Echo Studio while adding features that use the camera to track listeners, monitor rooms, and help Alexa+ [...]

Amazon’s new Echo Studio with Home Camera can see what’s in your room and help in real time (but do you want Amazon watching you?)

Amazon has announced the Echo Studio with Home Camera, a version of its flagship smart speaker with a built-in camera and visual intelligence. It’s one of five new Echo and Alexa devices coming to the US and UK. The camera is 13 megapixels and it lets Alexa+ see and understand what’s in front of you. Amazon says that allows for real-time help, where Alexa+ can explain the rules of a board game, for example. It can also recognise a cereal box and…