News @andrew_andrew__ Sep 28, 2021, 4:37 pm EDT | 7 min read AmazonAmazon just announced a ton of crazy new products, including a $50 Blink Video Doorbell and an Echo Show with an interactive projector. Many of these new devices are available for pre-order, and some are open for Day-One registration. Here’s everything Amazon announced today, including any available pre-order links. For detailed information on all of Amazon’s new products, check our coverage of Amazon’s new Echo devices, smart security gadgets, bizarre Astro robot, and Halo View fitness tracker. The Bizarre Astro Robot AmazonOf all the devices announced during today’s event, the Astro robot is by far the strangest. It’s not a robot vacuum—instead, it’s an Echo Show display on wheels with a bunch of cameras, including an extendable periscope camera to look at surroundings. Astro may be the most compelling take on a home assistant robot we’ve ever seen. Not only does it provide home surveillance from anywhere, but it doubles as an Echo Show video chat screen, an Alexa smart speaker, or an autonomous cup holder (at least, I think those are cup holders on its back). Amazon is offering invites to be first in line for Astro. Those with an invite can buy it for $1,000. People who purchase the robot later will end up spending $1,500. Astro Home Monitoring Robot Astro can follow you from room to room, check if the dogs are the couch, or help you video chat with a relative. Sign up for… Click below to read the full story from How To Geek
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