There wasn’t a brand new Amazon Echo good speaker on show at the on-line megaretailer’s yearly {hardware} and providers occasion this Wednesday, however Amazon did reveal a model new lineup of smaller-sized Echo Dot audio system, in addition to a brand new Echo Dot with Clock and new Echo Dot Youngsters audio system, too.

“That is our strongest lineup but,” defined Nedim Fresko, Amazon’s VP of Alexa Gadgets and Developer Applied sciences. “We have redesigned the audio structure with a full vary driver and the highest tour speaker of any Echo Dot.”

In line with Fresko, that high-excursion design implies that the new Echo Dot audio system put out as much as twice as a lot bass as earlier generations, all from inside the similar, spherical kind issue and a well-known alternative of colours (charcoal, glacier white or deep sea blue). Obtainable for preorder beginning as we speak and anticipated to ship out in October, the costs are the similar, too — $50 for the new, fifth-gen Echo Dot, or $60 for the new Echo Dot with Clock or the new Echo Dot Youngsters.

Together with the higher sound high quality, the new Echo Dot units embrace new sensors that allow faucet gestures for the prime of the gadget, which could make for a faster technique of shutting off that morning alarm or cooking timer. The brand new Echo Dot with Clock, out there in cloud blue or glacier white, comes with some slight refinements to the clock readout, too — particularly, the capability to show upcoming calendar occasions, artists and music titles throughout music playback or climate information with icons everytime you ask Alexa for the day’s forecast.

In the meantime, the Echo Dot Youngsters received a makeover, with new purple dragon and turquoise owl-themed designs. Every gadget presents parental controls in the Alexa app, a two-year guarantee and a one-year subscription to Amazon Youngsters Plus for kid-friendly content material choices. Quickly, the audio system will even supply Youngsters Plus subscribers unique owl- and dragon-themed customized Alexa voices, too.

“Ambient intelligence has been our North Star since the early days of Echo and Alexa, and a real ambient expertise is personalised, proactive and intuitive sufficient to adapt to you and your atmosphere,” Fresko instructed CNET. “All of our Echo units and providers are designed to drive this concept ahead for our clients whether or not they’re at dwelling or on the go.”

All three of the new Echo Dot audio system can be found for preorder beginning as we speak, and anticipated to ship out in October. 

For extra, take a look at all the things else Amazon introduced, together with the Halo Rise, Kindle Scribe and new Ring Highlight cameras.