Everything Amazon Announced at Its Fall 2022 Hardware Event

September 29, 2022

Amazon held its Fall 2022 hardware event yesterday, and there is a lot to go over. From a new Echo Dot to a new Kindle with stylus support and a contactless sleep tracker. The company also showed us a crazy-powerful Fire TV Cube.

We’ve got all the details on every product Amazon announced in our top story.

Other Highlights:

• Razer teases a handheld mobile gaming system
• Samsung Display and Intel showed off a “slidable” computer monitor
• Check out our picks for the best family card games of the year
• and more

-Danny

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The excellent Liteboxer VR app, which we reviewed earlier this year, now offers Total Body Workouts for all Meta Quest 2 users. These workouts go beyond boxing to exercise every muscle in your body, giving you another reason to skip a gym membership. Read More »

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Following hot on the heels of Logitech’s G Cloud announcement, Razer just teased its own cloud gaming handheld. A short video of the Razer Edge 5G appeared during Verizon’s keynote at Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, with additional details slated for October 15th during RazerCon. Read More »

Music streaming platform Deezer just made it a lot easier to find songs you don’t know the name of. In a blog post, the company announced its in-app song detector, SongCatcher, can now identify tunes hummed, whistled, or sung by the user. Read More »

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Another smart home company is about to go out of business. Connected Life, maker of the excellent SmartDry laundry sensor, will cease operations on September 30th. If there’s any silver lining, it’s that Connected Life gave customers an early notice of its demise—a rare sight from a dying smart home company. Read More »

Creative’s gaming-focused Katana soundbars are a  huge hit among PC gamers. And now, there’s a smaller, lighter, and more affordable Katana for gamers with small desks. The Creative Katana V2X costs $280 and is available today at Creative’s website. Read More »

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