Amazon Hardware Event 2023: Updates on the new Echo Show 8, Alexa, smart glasses and more

Amazon just announced a number of new products. As it typically does every September, the company held a device-and-service focused event this morning at its recently opened HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia.

We saw a new Echo Show 8 model, fresh products from Amazon brands like Blink, Eero and Ring, and a lot of talk about AI and shifting paradigms. If you'd like to re-live the event as it happened, you can find our liveblog from the event below. But if you just want to skip straight to the biggest news, here's a list of everything newsworthy from HQ2 today:

News

• Amazon's Echo Show 8 offers spatial audio and a dynamic, proximity-based UI

• Amazon Alexa is evolving into a chatbot for your home

• Amazon debuts Eye Gaze accessibility features on the Fire Max 11 tablet

• Alexa Emergency Assist can call first responders from your Echo speaker

• Blink's new Outdoor 4 camera accessories include battery and range extenders

• Ring’s new Stick Up Cam Pro comes with built-in radar detection

• Kids will soon be able to have natural conversations with Alexa

• Amazon’s new Echo Frames come with longer battery life and better audio

• Amazon's Eero Max 7 will have 10-gigabit Ethernet speeds

• Amazon debuts the $120 Bluetooth-enabled Fire TV Soundbar

• Amazon's Map View puts your smart home devices on a digital floor plan

• Amazon's $180 Echo Hub is a smart home control panel for your wall

• Everything Amazon announced at its 2023 Devices and Services event

Hands-ons and first impressions

• Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd-gen) hands-on

• Amazon Echo Frames (3rd-gen) hands-on