Semiconductors/peripherals

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.

Anchor Japan Co., Ltd.(Anker) released a card-type loss prevention tag “Eufy Security SmartTrack Card” on the 28th. The actual selling price is 3,900 yen. Currently on sale for 3,392 yen, 15% off (limited to 5,000 pieces).

A card-type smart tracker of approximately 85 x 54 mm and a thickness of 2.4 mm. It comes with a metal clip that can be attached to a wallet or document case. In addition to the misplacement prevention function that sends an alert when you are away from the tracker for a certain distance, you can also use the function to confirm the location by vibrating the tracker from your smartphone, and the function to vibrate the smartphone by pressing the tracker.

In addition to Anker’s genuine “Eufy Security” app, it supports Apple’s “Find My” app. The functions available for both are different, and only the “Search” app is compatible with identifying the current location, while the function to vibrate the smartphone and share information with multiple accounts are available only with the Eufy Security app.

A QR code is printed on the back of the main unit, and when it is lost, the person who finds it can read it to refer to the owner’s contact information.

It has waterproof performance equivalent to IPX4. Battery life up to 3 years (not replaceable). Weight is about 12.4g.