Amazon announces Echo Pop on 17 May at US$39.99, alongside refreshed Echo Show 5, Show 5 Kids and Echo Buds.
Historical company premises, photographed in 2017. Photo © Tony Webster (2018), “Amazon Fulfillment and Trucks Sign – Shipping Center in Shakopee, Minnesota” (2017). CC BY 2.0. Resized; responsive crops.
US preorders open today, with Echo Pop and the Show models due to ship on 31 May. The new Echo Buds are scheduled for 7 June. Ordering now means waiting for those scheduled shipments.
Tech Advisor reports that Pop lacks a temperature sensor and a clock-display option. Amazon positions its front-facing speaker for small rooms. Buyers comparing it with a Dot need to weigh those omissions against the saving.
Pop’s eero feature needs an existing network, adding up to 1,000 square feet. Pop and Show 5 support Matter.
US prices are $89.99 for Show 5 and $99.99 for Kids. Amazon claims 20% faster performance and twice the bass for Show 5. Kids includes a year of Kids+ in the US, UK and Germany.
The $49.99 Buds make a different trade-off: a semi-open design without active noise cancellation.
The existing Echo Auto also reaches Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and the UK, separate from the new devices’ US shipment timetable.
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