Amazon on Wednesday introduced an Echo Studio with a built-in camera, priced at $249.99, as part of a wider Echo lineup update^1,2.

The Verge reported that the Echo Studio with Home Camera can monitor a room while the owner is away, show objects to Alexa and, soon, be used for video calls on Fire TV devices¹. Engadget said the camera can feed Live View in the Alexa app and that Amazon's devices chief, Panos Panay, demoed a call in New York using the speaker and a Fire TV².

Amazon is keeping a camera-free Echo Studio at $219.99, The Verge reported; Engadget described that gap as about $30 over the 2025 model still listed at $220^1,2.

Both outlets said Amazon added audio software: Advanced Room Adaptation, which the company says continuously tunes sound to a room, and Adaptive Volume, which it says holds perceived loudness as a listener moves^1,2. Engadget said Amazon still positions the Studio around a high-excursion woofer, three full-range drivers and Dolby Atmos².

The Verge also reported an Echo Dot refresh at $99.99, with Amazon's AZ3 chip, a fourth microphone, Zigbee, Matter and Thread support, and a built-in Eero Wi-Fi extender Amazon says can add up to 1,000 square feet of coverage¹. Engadget did not cover the Dot².

Neither report listed a ship date beyond availability for the Dot starting Wednesday or said when Fire TV calling would arrive^1,2.