“Amazon to Release EchoPop, a Hemispherical Alexa-Equipped Smart Speaker, and Echo Auto (2nd Generation)”

Amazonwill release the hemispherical Alexa-equipped smart speaker “Echo Pop” on May 31st. Reservations have already started, and the price is 5,980 yen.

A smart speaker with a design that is easy to blend in with interiors, with four color variations of lavender, teal green, charcoal, and glacier white. Equipped with an AZ2 processor, the speaker unit is arranged in the front direction. Compared to Echo Dot (5th generation), motion detection and temperature sensors are omitted.

The body size is 99 x 83 x 91 mm, and the weight is 196 g.

lavender and teal green

charcoal and glacier white

Echo Auto (2nd generation)

In addition, “Echo Auto (2nd generation)” that can use Alexa in the car has also been released. In addition to properly picking up the user’s voice from the noise inside the car with five microphones, it has a more compact and slim design than before, and can be installed on the dashboard of many car models with the included adhesive car mount.

The included in-vehicle power adapter is equipped with a Quick Charge 3.0 compatible charging port that can charge smartphones. The main body size is 52 x 23.2 x 15.3 mm for the microphone module, 57 x 35 x 14 mm for the speaker module, and weighs 61 g.