Facial Recognition, a Lost-Dog Finder, and 3 More Big Announcements From Amazon’s Fall Event

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During Amazon’s fall showcase of new Ring, Blink, Fire TV, Kindle, and Echo devices, the story of the day was AI, and the belle of the ball was Alexa+. While company representatives enthused over beefed-up processors, improved camera resolution, 3D-printed speaker grilles, and intensified audio oomph, the marquee features of every device on stage were AI-powered — and often Alexa+ accessible. Amazon’s generative-AI-powered voice assistant is now a core component of the company’s entire device ecosystem.Amazon hasn’t announced final release dates for all of the products yet, but we’ve added what details we know to the relevant Wirecutter guides (smart doorbells, indoor cameras, outdoor cameras, Alexa smart speakers), and we’ve gathered the most noteworthy tidbits here.