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Amazon’s 2022 5th-generation Echo Dot devices are also Eero mesh Wi-Fi extenders.
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Amazon announced several new smart home products and features during a launch event on September 28.
Highlights include a new Ring camera with radar sensors and Echo Dots that act like Eero Wi-Fi satellites.
There’s also a new Eero Internet Backup feature for home networks that can use your phone’s connection during an outage.
Amazon held its latest product launch event on September 28, and in typical Amazon fashion, the company took the opportunity to reveal a ton of new and updated devices.
Among the long list of products announced were several smart home devices across the Echo, Eero, Ring, and Blink brands. New smart home security cameras and accessories were revealed, as well as new Echo devices that can act as Eero mesh Wi-Fi satellites. The company also detailed a new Eero feature that can use your phone’s hotspot connection during an internet outage
Here’s a full roundup of all the smart home announcements made during Amazon’s September event, along with preorder and pricing details.
The Ring Spotlight Cam Pro uses radar for better motion detection, and hopefully, fewer alertsThe Ring Spotlight Cam Pro has better motion detection with built-in radar.
Ring
The new Spotlight Cam Pro by Ring with 1080p resolution and color night vision includes radar sensors that enable more accurate motion detection and alerts based on distance. Precise distance-based motion detection should improve on the current standard of setting zones and reduce the number of unimportant alerts you receive on your mobile device.
Ring also added its Bird’s Eye View feature that uses the Spotlight Cam Pro’s radar sensors to create an aerial view of subject movements. For example, it could show you a map of a delivery driver’s path from their truck and where they left the package around your home.
The Spotlight Cam Pro starts at $230, and it’s available for preorder now with a full release on October 26. It’s available in battery, plug-in, hard-wired, and solar models.
The Blink Mini Pan Tilt lets your Blink Mini see every corner of a roomThe Blink Mini Pan Tilt accessory lets your existing Blink Minis rotate 360 degrees.
Blink
The $30 Blink Mini Pan Tilt is an accessory for existing Blink Mini smart security cameras that lets the Blink Mini pan 360 degrees, which you can control through the Blink app. It’s available to preorder now, and will be fully released on October 20.
The Blink Wired Floodlight Camera is an affordable outdoor security solutionThe Blink Wired Floodlight Camera makes outdoor security monitoring more affordable.
Blink
At $100, the 1080p Blink Wired Floodlight Camera is an affordable outdoor security option. As its name implies, it’s powered via wire, and it comes with floodlights. It also offers the usual array of smart home security camera features, like motion detection, person detection, color night vision, two-way audio, and a siren.
The Blink Wired Floodlight Camera isn’t available to preorder just yet, but it’s set to launch later this year.
Amazon’s latest Echo devices can turn into Eero mesh Wi-Fi satellitesThe new Echo Dot can extend your Eero Wi-Fi network range.
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Echo Dot
Echo Dot with Clock
Amazon is adding Eero’s mesh Wi-Fi functionality to its latest fifth-generation Echo Dot and Echo Dot with Clock, as well as the fourth-generation Echo with a software update on October 20. The fourth-generation Echo Dot and Echo Dot with Clock will also get an update “in the coming months” to support built-in Eero functionality.
The Echo devices with built-in Eero mesh Wi-Fi act as satellites for an existing Eero mesh WiFi network — they can’t be used as a primary router. Each supporting Echo device can add up to 1,000 square feet of Wi-Fi coverage to your Eero network. They support speeds up to 100 Mbps, which might not make the most of faster internet connections, but is certainly enough to stream video in 4K and support general web browsing.
The new fifth-generation Echo Dot ($50) and Echo Dot with Clock ($60) are available for preorder now.
Eero Internet Backup will keep all your devices connected during an outage by using your phone’s hotspotEero Internet Backup uses your phone’s hotspot for internet when you’re experiencing an internet outage.
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Eero Internet Backup is designed to switch your internet connection to a backup source, like your phone’s mobile hotspot, when your internet service provider is experiencing an outage.
Essentially, it’ll take your phone’s mobile hotspot connection and spread it throughout your Eero network so that all your home’s connected devices stay connected. When regular internet service is restored, your Eero network will automatically switch back from your mobile hotspot.
Eero Internet Backup will become a part of Eero’s Plus subscription plan ($10/month or $100/year) when it becomes available “in the coming months.”
In addition to the new subscription feature, Amazon also announced two new Eero Wi-Fi routers for pro installers and businesses: the $300 Eero PoE 6 and $650 Eero PoE Gateway.
The PoE (power-over-Ethernet) series of Eero routers get power over a single Ethernet cable instead of a dedicated power cable, which helps with cable management and removing clutter. To deliver power over Ethernet cables, you’ll need an Ethernet switch that supports PoE, like the Eero PoE Gateway.
