- Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) next Echo speakers will have an increased focus on sound quality to compete with Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) forthcoming HomePod, according to an Engadget source.
- The new Echo will feature “several tweeters” compared to HomePod’s seven and the current Echo model’s combination of one big tweeter and a woofer.
- Amazon will also reportedly improve the microphone tech though the source didn’t specify how this would happen.
- The new Echo will get a sleeker design with a smaller body, smoother edges, and “a cloth-like covering” to offer a more premium look than the current plastic body.
- The HomePod will launch in December and, in both price and performance, straddle the market between smart speakers from Amazon and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and the premium audio speakers from Sonos.
- According to a Slice Intelligence report last month, the Amazon Echo held a 21.6% share of the home speaker market with Soros at 15.1% and Google Home at 3.2%.
- Previously: Amazon sells 3x as many Echo devices during this year's Prime Day (July 11)
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