The Vergecast

Amazon announces Ring security drone, new Echo devices, a gaming service, and a whole lot more

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Nilay, Dieter, and Dan discuss all the important announcements from Amazon's fall hardware event this week, from a security drone for your home to a new cloud gaming service.

Stories discussed this week:

  • CDC removes guidance about airborne spread of the coronavirus
  • Averting a COVID-19 vaccination crisis will take careful communication
  • Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house
  • Ring announces new line of security cameras for cars
  • Amazon will launch a new location-tracking mesh network system later this year
  • Amazon’s fall hardware event: the 13 biggest announcements
  • Amazon redesigns the Echo with a new spherical design and a custom machine learning processor
  • Amazon’s new Echo show 10 moves to look at you 
  • Amazon’s Echo Show smart displays will soon stream Netflix video
  • Amazon’s AZ1 Neural Edge processor will make Alexa voice commands even faster
  • Alexa’s latest upgrades help it listen to multiple people and ask clarifying questions
  • Amazon unveils new Guard Plus subscription for $4.99 per month
  • Amazon announces new cloud gaming service called Luna
  • Amazon’s Luna game streaming service is powered by Windows and Nvidia GPUs
  • Amazon announces $29.99 Fire TV Stick Lite and upgraded Fire TV Stick
  • The latest Eero mesh Wi-Fi routers support Wi-Fi 6
  • iPad 2020 review
  • iOS 14 and iPadOS review: iPhone revolution, iPad evolution
  • iOS 14 basics: how to add widgets to your iPhone’s home screen
  • Fitbit Sense review: enough bugs to raise your heart rate 

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