Everything announced at Amazon’s October 2026 hardware launch

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Jennifer. Pattison Tuohy / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/268832_Amazon_Echo_Show_16_JTuohy_0046.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amazon had plenty of new gadgets to share at its Echo hardware event this year, along with updates to the AI-powered Alexa Plus after it became <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/873702/amazon-alexa-plus-ai-assistant-now-available">available to everyone in the US</a> in February. But the big news this year is screens: devices with big, beautiful ones, and those that lack them entirely.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">There&#8217;s the Alexa Photo Frame, which Amazon devices chief Panos Panay describes as &#8220;the world&#8217;s smartest photo frame&#8221; and that doubles as a full Alexa speaker. There’s also the new Echo Time smart alarm clock, the screenless Echo Studio with Home Camera, a fully redesigned Echo Dot, and Amazon&#8217;s latest flagship smart display, the Echo Show 16, which comes with a whopping eight woofers and can run the full Fire TV experience by touch.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can catch up on all our coverage below, including the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/e/1020035">six biggest announcements</a> and our hands-on with the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/e/1020286">Echo Show 16</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/e/1020352">Echo Time</a>.</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020035/amazon-fall-2026-hardware-launch-biggest-announcements">Amazon&#8217;s new Echo line is here: the 6 biggest updates</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1019626/amazon-alexa-plus-photo-digital-picture-frame-smart-speaker">Amazon’s first digital picture frame lets you add voice notes to photos</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020241/amazon-echo-studio-home-camera-dot-smart-home-hub">Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker has a camera</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020286/amazon-echo-show-16-hands-on-price-screen-styles">Our first look at Amazon’s big new Echo Show 16</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020352/amazon-echo-time-smart-alarm-clock-hands-on">Spending time with the Echo Time — a smart clock that senses you sleeping</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020392/amazon-alexa-home-view-3d-update-external-view">Amazon’s Alexa Home Map is getting a smarter 3D redesign</a> </li> </ul>