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“Bird’s Eye View” is the romantic name Ring gives to its use of radar to track a person’s path across a camera’s field of vision. It’s available on the Video Doorbell 2, Floodlight Cam Pro and Spotlight Cam Pro, and now it’s coming to the new Stick Up Cam Pro, the company announced during its annual fall event on Wednesday. Like its peers, the new unit will be able to monitor where your visitors are going, and the route they took to get there. Plus, you’ll be able to set more discrete motion alerts, sparing you the pain of having an alert whenever a shadow is cast across your camera.

The new Stick Up Cam Pro is, like its less-powerful sibling, weather-resistant, small and sleek, so you can put it in any location you may need. It offers HDR video, color night vision and a pair of microphones for clearer audio, as well as two-way talk and a built-in siren. And users will have the usual choice of how to power the device; Solar, Battery or wired in, giving you another layer of flexibility. Plus, it’ll work seamlessly with the rest of Ring’s suite of products to give you a home security system tailored to your specific needs.

At the same time, Ring also wants to talk about Ring Routines, which will let you activate and deactivate Alexa routines that integrate with your cameras. These will, naturally, develop over time, letting you set routines like activating your home’s lights when someone rings the bell at night.

Ring Stick Up Cam Pro is available to pre-order now, for $180 for battery and plug-in, while the solar version will set you back $210. They begin shipping on October 18.

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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/rings-new-stick-up-cam-pro-comes-with-built-in-radar-detection-160314899.html?src=rss 

Amazon announced Eero Max 7, the WiFi device that combines a router, a range extender and a repeater, at its devices event on Wednesday. The device promises 10 gigabit Ethernet connections, with speeds that let users download a 4K movie in just 10 seconds or a 50 gigabyte video game in less than a minute, according to Amazon. It’ll cost $599.99 and be available soon through Amazon and some internet service providers.

“It’ll be great for large homes or high-demand networks, and businesses with densely packed devices where multiple applications are being run,” Mimi Swain, vice president of Ring, said at the event. 

Eero devices can be connected to each other to create a mesh network, or a WiFi setup that spreads the system across multiple points for better range and performance. Amazon calls the Eero Max 7 its fastest yet. Eero Max 7 supports the 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz radio bands with speeds up to 4.3 Gbps for wireless connections and 9.4 Gbps for wired connections. It has two Ethernet ports, and one device can support 2,500 square feet of wireless coverage, according to the company. 

Amazon acquired Eero in 2019 as a part of its connected devices strategy. Most notably, Amazon connected Eero to its Echo Dot speakers so that the speakers can double as Eero WiFi extenders. At Wednesday’s event, Amazon announced that its Echo Hub will have a USB-C connector for Ethernet connections with devices like Eero. 

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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/amazons-eero-max-7-will-have-10-gigabit-ethernet-speeds-160927525.html?src=rss 

During its annual fall event on Wednesday, Amazon unveiled a slate of devices and software updates to the Fire TV line. Brand new to the lineage is the Fire TV Soundbar. The soundbar is Bluetooth enabled and “simple to set up and compatible with all Fire TV streaming products and TVs,” according to Daniel Rausch, Amazon’s VP of Alexa and Fire TV, who was presenting on stage at the event. The soundbar is available starting today for $120.

Rausch also announced a minor refresh of the ubiquitous Fire TV line of streaming sticks. The new 4K Max, which is now nearly two years old, received a 0.2GHz bump in processing power and an upgrade from WiFi 6 to WiFi 6E. There’s some other niceties as well, including support for HDR, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. The new Fire TV 4K Max is up for pre-order now for $60, and will begin shipping to customers on September 27th. The standard model Fire TV stick also gets a bump in processing power, 4K support and WiFi 6. Pre-orders for that also start today (though Amazon has not yet confirmed a ship date), and it’ll run a slightly cheaper $50. Purchases of new Fire sticks and TVs will now also come with six free months of the MGM+ streaming service. 

Given the focus on AI and large language models (LLM) throughout Amazon’s hardware presentation, it was a foregone conclusion some aspect of those buzzy product categories would be finagled into the Fire lineup. Forthcoming improvements to the Alexa voice search feature will draw from Amazon’s LLM (as well as data on IMDB, which Amazon bought in 1998) to supposedly understand nuanced questions about what to watch, and supply relevant recommendations. These recommendations will also, according to Rausch’s demo of the feature, be personalized to individual user profiles. The new voice search functionality will arrive via an over-the-air update later this year.

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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/amazon-debuts-a-120-bluetooth-enabled-fire-tv-soundbar-161905007.html?src=rss 

During its fall hardware event on Wednesday, Amazon showed off a new way for folks to control all of their compatible smart home devices. It’s called Map View and it will first be available on select phones in the US later this year.

You’ll be able to create a digital floor plan of your home using your phone and Map View will display all the devices you add to it. Rather than using Alexa or another app to manage a device, you can see its location in your home and tap on it to (for instance) switch on a light, bump up the volume of an Echo speaker or change the temperature. It looks like a fairly straightforward and intuitive user interface.

Amazon says it’s an opt-in experience — you can decide which rooms to add to the floor plan and which devices to include. You can delete your floor plan at any time as well.

On a related note, Amazon is attempting to buy iRobot. Several Roomba devices are capable of mapping out your home to help with cleaning them. It’s not difficult to imagine how that might integrate into Map View.

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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/amazons-map-view-puts-your-smart-home-devices-on-a-digital-floor-plan-163058372.html?src=rss 

With Amazon pushing further and further into smart home integration, during a press event on Wednesday the company announced a new device designed to manage all the various devices in your house called the Echo Hub. 

Instead of being a traditional tablet or a portable smart display, the $180 Echo Hub is an eight-inch display meant to be mounted on a wall. Just like an Alexa-powered smart speaker, users can control connected devices using their voice while also being able to view live feeds from security cameras and toggle settings via a customizable dashboard. The Echo Hub was also designed to support Amazon’s upcoming Map View UI, which will be added to the device sometime in early 2024. 

The Echo Hub includes support for all the major smart home protocols including Matter and Thread. And while by default it relies on Wi-Fi, there will also be an optional USB-C adapter that allows it to connect to power-over-ethernet routers like those from Eero. 

This story is still developing…

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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/amazons-180-echo-hub-is-a-smart-home-control-panel-for-your-wall-163231567.html?src=rss 

Apple’s iPhone 15 lineup isn’t even out yet, but you can already save on the company’s cases and other accessories for the devices, as well as earlier models. While there aren’t enormous discounts in this sale on Amazon, you’ll be able to save a few bucks if you prefer to go the first-party route with iPhone cases (though there are cheaper third-party options). For instance, the Apple iPhone 15 Plus FineWoven Case with MagSafe has dropped by five percent to $56, which marks an early record low for the product.

FineWoven is a new material Apple is using in place of leather, which it is no longer employing in its accessories in order to make them more sustainable. FineWoven uses 68 percent post-consumer recycled content. The material looks fairly similar to leather in images that we’re seen so far. Here’s hoping it’s just as durable. Meanwhile, MagSafe compatibility gives you more options for charging the device.

If you’re going to pick up an iPhone 15 Pro, you might like to consider a clear case with MagSafe functionality. That will run you $47, which is six percent off the usual $50.

There’s now a FineWoven version of the iPhone wallet with MagSafe support. This attaches to the back of any iPhone with MagSafe (iPhone 12 or later) and you can store your cards and ID in it. It works when you have a MagSafe case installed too. The wallet has Find My compatibility, which should make it easier to find if it’s separated from your phone. The wallet costs $56, or five percent off the usual price.

Elsewhere, you might need a new adapter to charge your iPhone. Apple has ditched the Lightning port in favor of USB-C charging in the iPhone 15 lineup. However, it’s not including a USB-C adapter in the iPhone’s box. If you need one, you can opt for Apple’s 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter. You can use this to charge two devices at once (say, your iPhone and iPad or MacBook). The prongs can fold back into the body when you’re not using the adapter for easier storage. The accessory currently costs $45, or 25 percent off the usual price.

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