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Amazon adds Alexa photo frame, bedside clock to Echo line
Amazon says the new Echo Studio's camera won't record and acts as a live view of your home; the Echo Time smart alarm wakes you early.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN NewsroomPublished
At a glance
- First reported by Wired: “Amazon Adds an Alexa Photo Frame and a Bedside Clock to Its Echo Family”, with reporting from Engadget, Wilson's Media, TechRadar, Tom's Guide and Red Hot Singapore.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 2:39 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: Alexa, Amazon.
- BBN covered this story before: Viewer asks about cat tails, top cat toy and cat food (October 29).
The real story
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- WiredAmazon Adds an Alexa Photo Frame and a Bedside Clock to Its Echo Family
- EngadgetAll the Amazon Echo devices announced today: Echo Time, Alexa Photo Frame and more - Engadget facts used on air
- Wilson's MediaAmazon’s new Echo line is here: the 6 biggest updates - Wilson's Media facts used on air
- TechRadarAmazon’s new Echo Time wants to be the smartest thing on your nightstand facts used on air
- Tom's GuideAmazon's Echo Dot just got a big upgrade, but it's no longer the bargain it once was facts used on air
- Red Hot SingaporeAmazon Adds an Alexa Photo Frame and a Bedside Clock to Its Echo Family - Red Hot Singapore facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAmazon has added an Echo Studio with a camera, an Echo Time bedside clock, and an Alexa photo frame to its Echo family, Wired reports.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the speaker can see now. Does it record? Because that's the first thing the comments will ask.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAmazon says it won't record footage.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's a live view of your home instead, and it costs two hundred forty-nine dollars, with the stand thirty-nine more.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLive only. That's the streamer's promise: nothing saved, everybody watching.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Echo Show 16 also debuts an AI-generated Alexa interface, and its Home Map can use cameras to map your house and show where your smart devices are.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA map of my house. Finally, someone's found my charger.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Echo Time is two hundred ninety-nine... sorry, one ninety-nine, no camera, and a round screen that dims below point three nits.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIts optional smart alarm wakes you ten to sixty minutes before the alarm you set.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEarly?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAmazon's Panos Panay called it the smartest clock in the world, according to TechRadar. Two hundred dollars to be woken up before the alarm you set.
The story so far
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- Amazon unveils new Alexa lineup, grand jury rejects Hutchinson… · The Straits Times
- Kindle Paperwhite and Colorsoft review: best for accessories · Wired
- Amazon cuts 250 devices jobs by early morning message · NDTV
- Amazon updates Alexa to manage lists, subscriptions, deliveries · TechCrunch
- Viewer asks about cat tails, top cat toy and cat food · AsInsight
- Amazon adds Alexa photo frame, bedside clock to Echo line (this story)
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