4 Rumored Amazon Products That Have Me Truly Excited For The September 30 Event

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Amazon is hosting a Devices & Services arena connected September 30.
• The invitation suggests we tin expect caller Echo speakers, Fire TV products, and a caller Kindle.
• ZDNET will beryllium astatine nan arena to supply nan astir up-to-date coverage.

Amazon is preparing for its adjacent Devices and Services event, an invitation-only arena that will hap connected September 30 successful New York City. The institution uses these events to merchandise caller products, specified arsenic Echo speakers and displays, Kindle e-readers, and Fire TVs.  

The invitation went retired earlier this period and hints astatine nan motorboat of a caller Echo speaker, Fire TV, colour Kindle, and different instrumentality pinch a metallic information aboveground that looks for illustration a smart speaker -- aliases possibly a robot vacuum? A camera? These are conscionable assumptions made based connected nan invitation; immoderate Amazon launches astatine nan extremity of nan period whitethorn aliases whitethorn not see any of these devices. 

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The Kindle connected nan invitation shows what looks for illustration a hand-drawn recreation of nan Kindle logo, hinting that Amazon whitethorn motorboat a full-color Kindle Scribe. Amazon already launched nan Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition successful October 2024, followed much precocious by a 16GB Kindle Colorsoft and a Kids version. 

The speaker pictured connected nan invitation looks for illustration an Echo Studio seen from above, which was initially released successful 2019 and received OTA firmware updates to springiness it spatial audio and a caller achromatic decorativeness successful 2022. 

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While Amazon launched caller Echo Show 15 and 21 smart displays past year, nan institution hasn't released a caller Echo Dot, its astir celebrated smart speaker, since 2022. As acold arsenic much caller smart speakers go, Amazon launched nan Echo Spot successful July 2024, pursuing nan Echo Pop's May 2023 launch. 

Because nan larger Echo Shows were launched much recently, nan show pictured connected nan invitation is much apt to beryllium a Fire TV than different smart display. Amazon released a caller Fire TV Stick HDlast October to switch nan Fire TV Stick and Stick Lite, followed by nan Fire TV Omni Mini-LED Series successful April.

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The past Devices and Services arena happened successful 2023, erstwhile Amazon announced caller Ring, Blink, Echo, and Fire TV products and nan summation of generative AI to Alexa. However, nan institution skipped nan 2024 arena aft failing to present nan caller Alexa acquisition and opted to softly motorboat caller products astatine nan extremity of past year. 

SVP Panos Panay hosted an Alexa arena successful February 2025 to reinvigorate nan motorboat of Alexa+, a generative AI-powered virtual assistant. Since then, Alexa+ has launched connected an early entree program, wherever only a constricted number of users person entree to it.