Amazon's latest smart home lineup features new Ring, Blink, Echo, and Eero devices — here's a full breakdown

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Amazon's 2022 5th-generation Echo Dot devices are also Eero mesh Wi-Fi extenders.
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  • Amazon announced several new smart home products and features during a launch event on September 28. 
  • Highlights include a new Ring camera with radar sensors and Echo Dots that act like Eero Wi-Fi satellites.
  • There's also a new Eero Internet Backup feature for home networks that can use your phone's connection during an outage.
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Amazon held its latest product launch event on September 28, and in typical Amazon fashion, the company took the opportunity to reveal a ton of new and updated devices.

Among the long list of products announced were several smart home devices across the Echo, Eero, Ring, and Blink brands. New smart home security cameras and accessories were revealed, as well as new Echo devices that can act as Eero mesh Wi-Fi satellites. The company also detailed a new Eero feature that can use your phone's hotspot connection during an internet outage

Here's a full roundup of all the smart home announcements made during Amazon's September event, along with preorder and pricing details.

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The Ring Spotlight Cam Pro uses radar for better motion detection, and hopefully, fewer alerts

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The Ring Spotlight Cam Pro has better motion detection with built-in radar.
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The new Spotlight Cam Pro by Ring with 1080p resolution and color night vision includes radar sensors that enable more accurate motion detection and alerts based on distance. Precise distance-based motion detection should improve on the current standard of setting zones and reduce the number of unimportant alerts you receive on your mobile device.

Ring also added its Bird's Eye View feature that uses the Spotlight Cam Pro's radar sensors to create an aerial view of subject movements. For example, it could show you a map of a delivery driver's path from their truck and where they left the package around your home. 

The Spotlight Cam Pro starts at $230, and it's available for preorder now with a full release on October 26. It's available in battery, plug-in, hard-wired, and solar models.

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Amazon's latest Echo devices can turn into Eero mesh Wi-Fi satellites

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The new Echo Dot can extend your Eero Wi-Fi network range.
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Echo Dot with Clock

Amazon is adding Eero's mesh Wi-Fi functionality to its latest fifth-generation Echo Dot and Echo Dot with Clock, as well as the fourth-generation Echo with a software update on October 20. The fourth-generation Echo Dot and Echo Dot with Clock will also get an update "in the coming months" to support built-in Eero functionality.

The Echo devices with built-in Eero mesh Wi-Fi act as satellites for an existing Eero mesh WiFi network — they can't be used as a primary router. Each supporting Echo device can add up to 1,000 square feet of Wi-Fi coverage to your Eero network. They support speeds up to 100 Mbps, which might not make the most of faster internet connections, but is certainly enough to stream video in 4K and support general web browsing. 

The new fifth-generation Echo Dot ($50) and Echo Dot with Clock ($60) are available for preorder now.

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Eero Internet Backup will keep all your devices connected during an outage by using your phone's hotspot

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Eero Internet Backup uses your phone's hotspot for internet when you're experiencing an internet outage.
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Eero Internet Backup is designed to switch your internet connection to a backup source, like your phone's mobile hotspot, when your internet service provider is experiencing an outage. 

Essentially, it'll take your phone's mobile hotspot connection and spread it throughout your Eero network so that all your home's connected devices stay connected. When regular internet service is restored, your Eero network will automatically switch back from your mobile hotspot. 

Eero Internet Backup will become a part of Eero's Plus subscription plan ($10/month or $100/year) when it becomes available "in the coming months."

In addition to the new subscription feature, Amazon also announced two new Eero Wi-Fi routers for pro installers and businesses: the $300 Eero PoE 6 and $650 Eero PoE Gateway.

The PoE (power-over-Ethernet) series of Eero routers get power over a single Ethernet cable instead of a dedicated power cable, which helps with cable management and removing clutter. To deliver power over Ethernet cables, you'll need an Ethernet switch that supports PoE, like the Eero PoE Gateway. 

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