It’s formally August, which suggests we’re getting near the autumn {hardware} season, and two latest FCC filings from Amazon and Google may trace at a pair merchandise the businesses could — or could not — reveal.

Google’s product is fairly mysterious; the product is described solely as a “Wi-fi Device.” It appears to be battery-powered — there’s no AC connection — although it may be powered over a 5V USB connection, and one diagram reveals it linked to a laptop computer for testing. As 9to5Google noticed, the submitting may point out that that is some sort of Nest device — some Nest cameras have used 3.65V rechargeable batteries, for instance.

Google has already mentioned the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Professional, and Pixel Watch will arrive this fall, so no matter this “Wi-fi Device” is, it could possibly be revealed when the corporate shares extra particulars about these different merchandise. Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

We’re extra positive in regards to the Amazon submitting, which appears to level towards a barely revised model of the corporate’s premium Echo Studio sensible speaker. At first look, there’s not an apparent connection: the brand new product is described vaguely as a “Digital Media Receiver,” and digging a bit deeper, the filings point out it has an AC energy cable, which lets it plug into an outlet, and a Zigbee radio, which is usually used for controlling sensible house merchandise. The submitting itself doesn’t even look to be from Amazon — as a substitute, it was filed by an organization vaguely named Flake LLC.

However Amazon usually makes use of faux shell corporations for FCC filings to maintain its merchandise secret, and the images of Flake’s one different product filed with the company — one other “Digital Media Receiver” — are an actual match of the Echo Studio. And the newer submitting really says that that Echo Studio and this second merchandise are “electrical [sic] similar” aside from a special MediaTek wi-fi chip. It’s not clear precisely why Amazon is swapping the chip, however maybe it’s doing it to deal with provide chain points, like what another corporations have completed earlier than: Tesla substituted various chips to assist sustain manufacturing, whereas Panic mentioned final yr it will want to make use of a special CPU in later shipments of its Playdate gaming handheld.

Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The corporate usually holds a September occasion filled with units information, however given how minor the change appears to be, there’s an opportunity Amazon doesn’t say something about it in any respect.