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Amazon is reportedly working on a new, wall-mounted Echo device that can control your smart home

An Echo Show is setup for demonstration by staff during an Amazon event launching new Alexa-enabled devices and services in 2018.Amazon is working on a wall-mounted Echo display, Bloomberg reports. Amazon could debut the new device as soon as the end of 2021 and may price it between $200 and $250.

Amazon plans to debut the new device at the end of 2021 or the end of 2022 and could price it between $200 and $250, although Bloomberg notes that those plans could change or be canceled completely. How Jeff Bezos' 'customer obsession' transformed Amazon from an online bookseller into a $1.7 trillion retail giant that's burrowed into every corner of daily life

Amazon already offers three Echo devices with displays: the Echo Show 10, Echo Show 8, and Echo Show 5, which have 10-inch, 8-inch, and 5.5-inch displays, respectively. The Echo Show, which costs $250 at the high end, is designed to sit on a counter or table-top, but third-party accessories-makers make wall mounts for the device.

Bloomberg notes that Amazon's new device would be competing with smart home control displays that are professionally installed, as well as Apple's iPad, which can also be wall-mounted or framed into wall. Your morning cheat sheet to get you caught up on what you need to know in tech. Sign up to 10 Things in Tech You Need to Know Today.

 

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Absolutely no use until smart home devices are much cheaper. I paid £120 for a smart kettle that burned out in 9 month.. my £15 replacement had lasted longer.. smart light switches, sockets etc all upwards of £85... doorbell £180.. locks and so forth all orders of magnitude more.

I have one; it's called an iPad with a wall mount.

Why would I want a 'smart' home and why would I want Amazon in my home? Smart or otherwise. Amazon is like someone you just had lunch with thinking it's appropriate to put their hand down your pants. Stick to online retailing and video streaming. The rest is NOT OK.

No thanks

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What's a dumb home first?

Looks like a telescreen to me....

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