{"id":9710,"date":"2026-06-12T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9710"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:01:00","slug":"amazons-echo-hub-gets-a-customizable-new-look-and-rings-ai-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9710","title":{"rendered":"Amazon&#8217;s Echo Hub gets a customizable new look and Ring&#8217;s AI features"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Stevie Bonifield<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 11, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Amazon Echo Hub displaying the redesigned home screen\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Amazon\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/amazon-echo-hub-redesign-wide.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Amazon&#8217;s rolling out a free software update for Echo Hub devices that gives the homescreen a much-needed update to the interface <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24078558\/echo-hub-review-alexa-amazon-smart-control-panel\">it launched with in 2024<\/a>. It had already added Alex Plus AI support, but the new interface has a cleaner, fully customizable layout that fits more smart home info and controls on the screen than the previous version. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25289933\/247023_Echo_Hub_JTuohy_0018.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"A small touchscreen tablet on a counter next to some flowers.\" title=\"A small touchscreen tablet on a counter next to some flowers.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;The previous homescreen design the Echo Hub launched with in 2024. &lt;\/em&gt; | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy \/ The Verge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy \/ The Verge\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Echo Hub is also getting access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/9\/24265564\/ring-ai-smart-video-search-security-camera-price-availability\">Ring AI&#8217;s Video Search feature<\/a> that lets you use natural language to search through your smart home camera footage, as well as Alexa Plus summaries of detected camera events. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">These are the five new features Amazon highlighted for the Echo Hub:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Organize by ro \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/948814\/amazon-echo-hub-homescreen-redesign\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/948814\/amazon-echo-hub-homescreen-redesign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stevie Bonifield &bull; June 11, 2026 Amazon&#8217;s rolling out a free software update for Echo Hub devices that gives the homescreen a much-needed update to the interface it launched with in 2024. It had already added Alex Plus AI support, but the new interface has a cleaner, fully customizable layout that fits more smart home<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9710\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}