Amazon is back with a few new Echo speakers. Debuting alongside a swath of new Ring doorbell and Blink security cameras , family of new Fire TVs , and the new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft , Amazon revealed the Echo Dot Max, a new Echo Studio, and two new smart displays, the Echo Show 8 and 11 ,. These are the first new pieces of Echo hardware after former Microsoft Surface chief Panos Panay took the helm of Amazon’s hardware last year.

This time around, Amazon is leaning into the use of its own custom silicon, the AZ3 and AZ3 Pro chip, with its new Echo speakers, which will assist Alexa+, its premium home assistant that’s infused with a large language model similar to what’s used in ChatGPT.

The AZ3 chip powers the Echo Dot Max, while the Echo Studio and two new Echo Show smart disp

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