This year, it announced a new range of Echo Dots including the Echo Dot 5 with Clock and Kids editions.

With a built-in temperature sensor, better-sounding speaker and gesture control, the fifth-gen Dot is now effectively on par with the Echo 4.

When is the Echo 5 release date?

Given the above, we have to assume that an updated model won’t be launched until 2023 now, and probably not before the end of the year at the next hardware event.

It also said that the Echo Studio is getting an update, and will now be available in Glacier White.

How much will the Echo 5 cost?

This is a tough question to answer at this stage, with no launch on the horizon.

What new features will the Echo 5 have?

Support for Matter

For anyone following its development, Matter-enabled devices have been a very long time coming. But we could be mere weeks away from some of the first going on sale. The standard was originally announced in 2019 but various factors including coronavirus (plus other companies that wanted to get on board) meant it well and truly missed its ‘end of 2021’ launch target.

Better sound

An optional clock

More processing power

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