The past few years of Alexa-related product launches have seen rise to some of the most unusual devices launched by a major tech company. (OK, Google, we'll give you Google Clips[1].) There's been the Alexa ring[2], the Alexa glasses[3], the Alexa wall clock[4], and the Alexa microwave[5]. This year, though, as Amazon released the biggest upgrade to Alexa since the agent first showed up in its cylindrical house called Echo, its developer brought forth a smaller range of Alexa devices. That may be in part because the company has been doing such a good job of getting third parties to spread the cyan-accompanied conversationalist far and wide as well as the company's commitment to sustainability, which not only favors fewer, more durable devices, but those using sustainable materials that may not be so easily leveraged in niche forays.
In contrast to the Echo proliferation slowdown, Amazon's Ring product line continued to expand well beyond its signature video doorbell with a new premium service offering and a move into vehicles with a car alarm and camera connection service[6] that showed more thoughtfulness than the dashboard screen invasions of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto[7]. The division also showed off a small mailbox sensor that can alert you of new postal mail and address mail theft. It raised the most eyebrows by far, though, with the Always Home Cam[8], a self-docking drone designed to autonomously fly through one unoccupied floor of a home, capturing footage of what it sees.
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Drones don't have the best reputation when it comes to privacy, so it's natural that the Always