Wire reporting: (Reuters, via CNA)

Amazon on Oct. 28 unveiled five Alexa-powered devices, including a bedside Echo Time clock, an Alexa Photo Frame, a refreshed Echo Dot, an Echo Studio with a camera and a redesigned Echo Show 16, according to TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge and Wired^1,4,5,6,8.

The company dripped hardware through October rather than holding one large fall showcase, Engadget and The Verge reported^1,13. Wired quoted Devices and Alexa executive Panos Panay saying hundreds of millions of people now use Alexa+, the company's newer assistant, and that they talk to it more than before⁶.

The Echo Dot is on sale at about $100 with Amazon's AZ3 chip, four beamforming microphones, Matter and Thread hub support and an eero Wi-Fi extender, Engadget, TechCrunch and Wired reported^1,3,4,6. Wired said the Dot, once a roughly $50 speaker, now starts at $100⁶.

The Echo Studio with a home camera is about $250^1,4,6,8. Amazon said the camera is for live view, face recognition, visual questions and room-adaptive audio, and that it does not record footage, Engadget reported¹. Wired said there is no physical privacy shutter, a button can disable the camera and microphones, Drop In video calling is due later in software, and a camera-free Studio remains on sale⁶.

The Alexa Photo Frame starts at about $200 for a black model and about $229 with birch or walnut, with a 10-inch display tied to Amazon Photos, Engadget and TechCrunch reported^1,4,9,14. Amazon said the frame can skip screenshots and receipts and match photos to the season, according to TechCrunch's account of a company statement⁴.

Echo Time is about $200, or about $210 for a Kids model, with opt-in sleep sensing and no camera^1,4,11,15. Amazon said it can start a wake sequence 10 to 60 minutes before an alarm during lighter sleep^1,4,8. Engadget described a 2.3-inch circular screen; Wired described a 3.2-inch display that can dim to 0.3 nits^1,6.

The Echo Show 16 is available to preorder at about $500, with a Nanomatte anti-glare option near $570, a $100 preorder discount and shipments by the end of the year, Engadget and The Verge reported^1,5,10. Wired listed introductory pricing of $400 and a Nanomatte version at $550⁶. The Verge said the 16-inch display has new Screen Styles, a 13-megapixel camera with night vision and a rebuilt map of smart-home devices^5,12.

The Verge, after a New York media event, said Aidan Marcuss, incoming vice president of Alexa and Echo, confirmed that full-screen ads remain on the Alexa Recommendations screensaver, can be turned off, and will not appear on other home screens^5,13. Marcuss said customizable homescreens are free on the Show 16 but will require a subscription on older Shows, without naming a price⁵.

A Channel NewsAsia item carrying Reuters listed the same five products and noted Apple's HomeView and HomePod mini 2 as recent rivals⁸. Independent reviews of the new hardware were not in these reports^1,4,5,6.