Amazon Fall 2025 Hardware — Full Rundown
Amazon’s fall hardware event brought new Echo speakers, refreshed Kindles (including a color Kindle Scribe), Fire TV updates, Ring camera upgrades and wider Alexa+/AI features across devices.
Echo
- Echo Dot Max — $100; larger footprint, two drivers (hi-excursion woofer + tweeter), adaptive sound. Buy/search on Amazon
- Echo Studio (new smaller model) — $220; 60% smaller than previous Studio, room-filling sound. Buy/search on Amazon
- Alexa Home Theater — pair up to five Echo Studio/Echo Dot Max units with compatible Fire TV stick for surround sound and automatic tuning.
Kindle Scribe
- Kindle Scribe Colorsoft — full-color writing tablet using Amazon’s custom color filter and new rendering engine; several weeks battery life; 10 pen colors + 5 highlighters. US launch later this year from $630. Search on Amazon
- Refreshed Kindle Scribe (11″) — thinner, 11″ display, faster page turns and writing, new pen and AI features (note summaries, follow-up Qs). US sale by year-end from $500. Search on Amazon
Fire TV
- Fire TV Stick 4K Select — $40, HDR10+, pre-orders open, shipping next month. Search on Amazon
- Omni QLED Series & 2-Series Fire TVs — brighter displays, Omnisense adaptive color and presence-based features; models start at $160–$480 depending on series and size. Search on Amazon
- Vega OS — Amazon confirmed it’s bringing its Linux-based Vega OS to Fire TV devices beginning with select devices in October.
Ring
- New Ring cams: Wired Doorbell Plus (2K), Indoor Plus Cam (2K), Outdoor/Spotlight/Floodlight Cam Pro (4K) — pre-orders open. Search Ring on Amazon
- Features: Retinal Vision/Retinal Tuning for improved low-light, Familiar Faces (face recognition), Alexa+ Greetings, and a Search Party tool to help find lost pets.
Alexa+ & AI features
- Alexa+ expands across Echo, Kindle and Fire TV: on-Kindle AI book tools (“Story So Far”, “Ask this Book”), scene-search and natural-language scene finding on Fire TV, and enhanced Ring greetings/identification.
Sources: Event coverage (TechRadar live coverage) and Amazon product searches. For live coverage and updates: TechRadar live.
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