Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is a smart location newsman who’s been testing connected gadgets since 2013. Previously a contributor to Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, and US News.
Amazon sent retired invites coming for a February arena successful New York City. The induce gives fewer clues arsenic to what will beryllium announced astatine the event, which will beryllium hosted by Panos Panay and the Amazon Devices & Services squad connected February 26th.
However, a bluish swirly logo down the words “You’re invited” does springiness disconnected beardown Alexa vibes, and it seems very apt that the institution will yet officially motorboat its caller supercharged Alexa integer assistant.
Amazon skipped its accepted Fall hardware arena successful 2024, amid rumors it was struggling to get its smarter Alexa successful suitable style for launch. The institution announced a new, better Alexa powered by LLMs successful the autumn of 2023 but has yet to vessel the improved integer assistant.
This will beryllium the first large arena hosted by Panos Panay since he joined the institution from Microsoft successful 2023, replacing Dave Limp arsenic the caput of Devices & Service astatine Amazon, the group responsible for Echo smart speakers, Fire TV, Kindles, and Alexa, among different products. He hosted a mini arena for media erstwhile the new Kindles were launched successful October of past year.