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What's the difference between Amazon's Echo Dot and Echo Dot Max?

staff@engadget.com (Dave Meikleham) — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Better bass and a much newer processor are the main differences between the old Echo Dot and the newer Echo Dot Max.

Amazon wants to deploy 5,105 satellites for its direct-to-mobile service

staff@engadget.com (Jackson Chen) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:12:36 +0000

Amazon's Leo subsidiary has launched more than 390 satellites so far and plans to launch thousands more.

Amazon brings Luna game streaming to the Prime Video app

staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Luna will be first arrive in the Prime Video app on Fire TV devices in the US and UK.

Amazon is making a Robocop TV show with the showrunner from Lodge 49

staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:34:22 +0000

Amazon greenlit a Robocop pilot. Now it has committed to a full TV show.

How to connect your Ring doorbell camera to your smart TV

staff@engadget.com (Gabriela Vătu) — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

It's easy to see who's at the door without grabbing your phone.

Amazon's Adaptive Display for Fire TVs is officially rolling out today

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:02:44 +0000

Amazon's Adaptive Display accessibility feature for Fire TVs is officially rolling out today

Apple Music and Apple One prices rise for the first time in years

staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:35:07 +0000

Apple is blaming an Apple Music price hike on "rising licensing costs."

A bug in AWS has caused some customers' bills to spike from a few cents to billions of dollars

staff@engadget.com (Will Shanklin) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:07:47 +0000

"The displayed billing estimates do not reflect actual usage and charges," Amazon said.

An OLED iPad mini could finally arrive this year

staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:18:46 +0000

Apple will reportedly refresh the iPad mini this fall and the rest of its iPad lineup in the first half of 2027.

Samsung is making Amazon Music pre-installed bloatware on Galaxy phones

staff@engadget.com (Sam Rutherford) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:03:22 +0000

Don't use Amazon Music? Too bad, Samsung is installing it for you anyway.

Roku is the most popular streaming TV, but lacking more than you think

staff@engadget.com (Will Shanklin) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

The company's streaming devices aren't quite keeping up with competitors in several important categories.

Amazon is reportedly working on a more powerful agentic Alexa assistant

staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:33:31 +0000

Amazon is working on a project codenamed 'Moonraker' that would enable the AI assistant to handle multi-step tasks more effectively.

Amazon will pay $2.25 million to settle FTC identity theft case

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:12:53 +0000

The retailer allegedly failed to meet requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

The Kindle app for iOS has features your aging Kindle doesn't

staff@engadget.com (Alec Hively) — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Amazon's Kindle AI features help you read beyond the lines, so long as you have the right ereader.

Amazon Zoox's latest robotaxi looks (marginally) less like a toy car

staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:55:01 +0000

Amazon-owned Zoox has introduced its new autonomous vehicle meant for for large-scale production.

Amazon ordered to bargain with Teamsters in case that could set back union progress

staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:37:14 +0000

Amazon violated federal law when it refused to recognize a union, a judge ruled.

Amazon won't release Sam Altman biopic focused on OpenAI's 2023 leadership crisis

staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:58:10 +0000

Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman biopic has to find a new studio after Amazon dropped it.

Amazon is investigating three employees who spoke out against building more AI data centers

staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:05:13 +0000

The engineers who spoke negatively about AI data centers at Seattle city hearings accuse Amazon of threatening their jobs over their testimonies.

Amazon's 'Story So Far' feature is finally rolling out to Kindles

staff@engadget.com (Sam Rutherford) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:01:08 +0000

Amazon's "Story So Far" feature is hitting Kindle hardware and the iOS app, but sadly not the Android version just yet.

Amazon's new Proteus warehouse robot is fully autonomous

staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:02:58 +0000

Amazon's AI-upgraded Proteus robot can now be controlled using plain language.