Amazon's first wearable device will be a pair of smart glasses with the Alexa voice assistant built in, according to a report in the Financial Times. The device will reportedly look like a regular pair of glasses and use bone-conduction technology so that the user can hear Alexa without the need for earphones or conventional speakers. It won't, however, likely have a screen or camera, although Google Glass founder Babak Parviz has apparently been working on the project following his hiring by Amazon in 2014.
The FT report also says that Amazon is working on a home security camera separate from its ever-expanding lineup of Echo devices; the product that ultimately turned out to be the Echo Look was widely assumed to be a more conventional security camera when it first leaked. Amazon's Echo Show already lets you view the feed from other security cameras, a feature naturally pegged for the company's own upcoming model.
“One or both” of these products may arrive this year, according to the FT's sources, alongside updated Echo products. The regular Echo speaker has gone virtually unchanged since its announcement in 2014, and has been out of stock on Amazon for a while now, prompting speculation over a successor.
The FT report also says that Amazon is working on a home security camera separate from its ever-expanding lineup of Echo devices; the product that ultimately turned out to be the Echo Look was widely assumed to be a more conventional security camera when it first leaked. Amazon's Echo Show already lets you view the feed from other security cameras, a feature naturally pegged for the company's own upcoming model.
“One or both” of these products may arrive this year, according to the FT's sources, alongside updated Echo products. The regular Echo speaker has gone virtually unchanged since its announcement in 2014, and has been out of stock on Amazon for a while now, prompting speculation over a successor.