Amazon Fall 2025 Hardware — Full Rundown
Amazon’s fall hardware event brought a wide range of updates across Echo, Kindle, Fire TV, Ring and Alexa+. Below is a concise, product-by-product summary with announced prices, pre-order / ship dates and availability.
Echo speakers
– Echo Dot Max — $100, pre-order; ships Oct 29. Bigger base, two drivers (woofer + tweeter), adaptive sound.
– Echo Studio (refreshed) — $220, pre-order; ships Oct 29. Smaller chassis (60% of prior), spatial audio & Dolby Atmos support.
Note: US buyers who pre-order eligible Echo speakers or Echo Show devices gain early access to Alexa+.
Find Echo Dot Max on Amazon | Find Echo Studio on Amazon
Alexa Home Theater
Connect up to five Echo Studio or Echo Dot Max units to a compatible Fire TV stick for surround sound. Alexa handles setup and acoustic tuning automatically. Amazon will sell Home Theater bundles.
Echo Show
– Echo Show 8 — $180, pre-order; ships Nov 12.
– Echo Show 11 — $220, pre-order; ships Nov 12.
New front-facing stereo speakers, 13MP cameras with person recognition, negative LCD for wider viewing angles, Zigbee/Matter/Thread hub support, and Alexa+ features.
Echo Show 8 on Amazon | Echo Show 11 on Amazon
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft & refreshed Kindle Scribe
– Kindle Scribe Colorsoft — full-color writing tablet using Amazon’s custom display tech, 10 pen colors + 5 highlighters, multi-week battery life. Price: $630 (US); coming to UK & Germany in early 2026.
– Refreshed Kindle Scribe — 11-inch model, thinner and lighter, faster page turns, AI-driven note summaries and integration with Alexa+ (early 2026), support for Google Drive & OneDrive, export annotated PDFs and notes. Starts at $500 (US); a no-front-light option is $430.
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft on Amazon | Kindle Scribe on Amazon
Fire TV
– Fire TV Stick 4K Select — $40, supports HDR10+, Alexa+, Luna & Xbox Cloud Gaming coming; pre-orders open, ships next month.
– Omni QLED Series TVs — up to 60% brighter, auto color/brightness adjustments, room presence features; available in 50/55/65/75″ sizes starting at $480.
– 2-Series Fire TV models — faster performance (about 30% faster), Dialogue Boost feature, models start at $160.
Amazon confirmed it will bring its Vega OS (the Linux-based system used on Echo Show devices) to Fire TV devices starting in October on at least one device; broader rollouts TBD.
Fire TV Stick 4K Select on Amazon | Omni QLED TVs on Amazon
Ring
New Ring devices emphasize low-light imaging and per-device AI tuning (“Retinal Vision” / “Retinal Tuning”). New models and pricing (US):
– Wired Doorbell Plus (2K) — $180
– Indoor Plus Cam 2K — $60
– Outdoor Cam Pro 4K — $200
– Spotlight Cam Pro 4K — $250
– Wired Doorbell Pro 4K — $250
– Floodlight Cam Pro 4K — $280
Pre-orders open now; Alexa+ Greetings and Familiar Faces features arrive later (Greeting AI in December; Search Party in November).
Alexa+ & AI features
Alexa+ expands across devices with features including:
- AI book features on Kindle (Story So Far, Ask this Book) — some Kindle features coming to the iOS Kindle app later this year, device support early next year.
- Fire TV scene-finding using natural language and cross-service search (Prime Video, Netflix, HBO Max, etc.).
- Shopping widgets on Echo Show for Amazon/Whole Foods/Amazon Fresh tracking and reordering.
- A full Alexa+ Store with third-party services (TaskRabbit, Uber, Lyft, GrubHub, etc.), and Alexa+ availability on third-party devices from Bose, Sonos, LG, Samsung and BMW.
What to watch
Key dates and prices confirmed in the U.S.: Echo Dot Max & Echo Studio ship Oct 29; Echo Show 8 & 11 ship Nov 12; Kindle Scribe Colorsoft & refreshed Scribe arrive later this year (US) and early 2026 in some European markets. Fire TV Stick 4K Select ships next month.
More info
For full live coverage and extra notes we referenced event reporting; for shopping links use the Amazon product searches above (affiliate tag included).
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