Amazon revealed a new Echo Studio smart speaker at its fall 2025 hardware event on Tuesday. A new speaker wasn’t a total surprise, as Amazon’s event invite hinted strongly that there might be new Echo devices revealed at the show.
The Studio is the “most advanced and best-sounding Echo ever,” Amazon’s VP of Alexa and Echo, Daniel Rausch, said at Amazon’s launch event. It has 3 full range drivers, a custom woofer, and is designed for spatial audio and Dolby Atmos. Amazon has also moved the light ring around to the front. It will cost $219.99.
The company initially announced the Echo Studio in 2019. My former colleague Dan Seifert wrote in his review of the speaker that “the new Echo Studio is not only the best-sounding Echo speaker ever made, it is perhaps the best-sounding smart speaker I’ve tested, regardless of brand, manufacturer, or even price.” In 2022, Amazon improved the speaker’s sound and spatial audio processing technology with a software update and introduced a white model in addition to the already available black.
The introduction of this new Echo speaker follows Panos Panay taking over Amazon’s devices and services team in 2023 from Dave Limp. Panay previously served as Microsoft’s chief product officer.
Source: www.theverge.com
