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Astro! Everything revealed at Amazon’s 2021 event explained

We talk through all of the announcements from Amazon’s big fall event, including the Amazon Glow, the Astro bot and the Show 15. Amazon’s event was jam-packed as usual. We go over the price and details of each new piece of hardware, including a few fun surprises from Ring. We also talk about the upgrades…

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We talk through all of the announcements from Amazon’s big fall event, including the Amazon Glow, the Astro bot and the Show 15.

Amazon’s event was jam-packed as usual. We go over the price and details of each new piece of hardware, including a few fun surprises from Ring. We also talk about the upgrades to Alexa and the other under-the-surface upgrades that will help these new products shine.

0:00 Intro
0:58 Astro
2:55 Echo Show 15
5:05 Amazon Smart thermostat
5:55 Amazon Glow
7:53 Halo View
8:50 Ring Always Home
9:26 Ring Alarm Pro
9:38 Ring custom alerts
9:56 Ring virtual security guard
10:44 Everything else Ring and Blink
11:17 Alexa updates
11:35 Hey Disney
13:05 Local processing
13:40 Alexa Together
14:30 Wrapping it all up

See the products here:
Ring Always Home:
Astro:
Amazon Thermostat:
Amazon Glow:
Show 15:
Halo View:

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87 Comments

  1. mr gummybear

    September 28, 2021 at 11:25 pm

    Damn this is cool!

  2. revisionfour

    September 28, 2021 at 11:32 pm

    This thing is dumb. I’ll wait for the Tesla Bot.

    • quinn foster

      September 28, 2021 at 11:44 pm

      how many astro bots do you think it would take to beat the tesla bot in a fight?

    • Zachary Fernandez

      September 28, 2021 at 11:44 pm

      How much would that be like alittle over 1K?

    • quinn foster

      September 28, 2021 at 11:55 pm

      @Zachary Fernandez Free with your tesla car delivery as long as you abduct it.

    • Zachary Fernandez

      September 29, 2021 at 12:04 am

      @quinn foster Wait if i don’t own a Tesla car how much is the bot to Purchase out right?.

  3. Christopher Alden

    September 28, 2021 at 11:43 pm

    Amazon doesn’t need more of my money.

  4. HOW TO HUDDY

    September 28, 2021 at 11:45 pm

    I mean,,, they might as well make it vacuum

  5. Na

    September 28, 2021 at 11:49 pm

    Who asked for that?

  6. Thi Henry

    September 28, 2021 at 11:51 pm

    Wow that invent wall-e 1.0

  7. Mia Li

    September 28, 2021 at 11:54 pm

    I like Astro we needed him

  8. Dio Titus

    September 28, 2021 at 11:55 pm

    It’s cool tech, but what purpose would it serve? If it’s companionship, I got 4 dogs.

  9. Simion Alex

    September 29, 2021 at 12:01 am

    So the bot is a toy. The big dumb screen is useless a cheep tablet can do that.

  10. distantlandmusic

    September 29, 2021 at 12:02 am

    Reminds me a lot of Love Death + Robots Season 2: Automated Customer Service

    • Kyreem

      September 29, 2021 at 12:23 am

      Oh no!

  11. Max Jerome

    September 29, 2021 at 12:13 am

    Anyone who buys any of these products is nuts. Amazon gives 0 fcks about your privacy and will share your data with whomever they choose.

  12. Mick Hyde

    September 29, 2021 at 12:14 am

    Your TV is giving me neck ache.

  13. benjiebarker

    September 29, 2021 at 12:18 am

    How do you get invite for astro?

  14. James Jung

    September 29, 2021 at 12:38 am

    Future is exciting!

  15. McKay Okey

    September 29, 2021 at 12:38 am

    I’ve seen Season 2 of Love.Death.Robots. No sir, I’m steering clear of this

  16. Johnson Ben

    September 29, 2021 at 12:39 am

    *I don’t know who needs to hear this but stop saving all your money, invest some of it if you really want financial freedom….*

    • Robert Devens

      September 29, 2021 at 1:03 am

      Zero doubt crypto is so money making investment

    • Josephine Tims

      September 29, 2021 at 1:08 am

      This is the kind of information that we don’t get from most youtubers..

    • maria Angelo

      September 29, 2021 at 1:15 am

      I could invest in Crypto but always got confused by it’s volatility in nature

    • Fedrick Willard

      September 29, 2021 at 1:20 am

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    • Brenda

      September 29, 2021 at 1:24 am

      Count me in, I’m placing my trades with Expert Michael Wayne ASAP

  17. nwright28

    September 29, 2021 at 12:55 am

    It’s so lame to see the spying robot made from Amazon. 😂😂😂😂 Why do you want a spying robot in your house? I would not have this spy robot in my house. 😂😂😂😂

  18. alejandro ortiz

    September 29, 2021 at 12:57 am

    nooooo thanks wtfffff heckkkkk noooo

  19. Mr. Marc G.

    September 29, 2021 at 12:59 am

    Hmm, big pile of crap. Especially the robot.

  20. Vlican

    September 29, 2021 at 1:13 am

    lots of cool new tech… too bad Google/Nest isn’t so ambitious….

  21. RJ Santos

    September 29, 2021 at 1:18 am

    Hackable piece of garbage. No thank you 🤢🤮💩

  22. Meg

    September 29, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Yeah, it’s cute, but giving me Skynet nightmares lol. Amazon is the last company I’d trust listeing in, much less being able to travel around the home or leading the in-home robot trend. They’re not exactly moral or trustworthy, and they’re predatory company hellbentb on wanting to run evening and be everywhere. 🙄 The concept, itself, is pretty cool though.

  23. Casey Muni

    September 29, 2021 at 3:56 pm

    Next month it will be $100

  24. Sameer Choudhari

    September 29, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    It would have been great if the screen also extended out just like the camera.

    • Doug Leenheer

      September 29, 2021 at 4:20 pm

      Amazon doesn’t need a larger screen to spy on you …

    • Sameer Choudhari

      September 29, 2021 at 4:44 pm

      @Doug Leenheer 😂😂 True

  25. Vastfill

    September 29, 2021 at 4:29 pm

    But why

  26. NIRAV

    September 29, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    No privacy 😒

  27. geosword6

    September 29, 2021 at 4:39 pm

    Well, I like it.

  28. Rajan Sachdeva

    September 29, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    Ok while ASTRO is not doing anything I want him to vaccum as well..

  29. Abukar Imani

    September 29, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    Might as well sell my soul the government if I’m getting this

  30. Caleb Bailey

    September 29, 2021 at 4:53 pm

    Paying Amazon to make a 3d lay out of the inside of your house to be sold to the dark web LOL

  31. Santa Fe

    September 29, 2021 at 5:01 pm

    Just a TV on wheels spying on you and your family around the house.

  32. Antony

    September 29, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    What even is this dystopian hellscape that we are sleepwalking into? Who on earth buys this crap?!

  33. Natasha Evans

    September 29, 2021 at 6:20 pm

    Well it’s been nice knowing mankind 🥺

  34. Roland

    September 29, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    Doesn’t do enough to justify the price

  35. Essenger

    September 29, 2021 at 7:48 pm

    Honestly seems like a cool product id be interested in if It weren’t made by Amazon. don’t trust it

  36. testicles to shirleycles

    September 29, 2021 at 7:54 pm

    dude looks like he saw a robot for the first time in his life.

  37. anubreelor vartox

    September 29, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    1,000$ for a bot that sells ur data for ‘better’ ads

  38. soapbullet s

    September 29, 2021 at 9:16 pm

    Can he walk on the stairs

  39. Adora Tsang

    September 29, 2021 at 9:40 pm

    Does anyone remember those TOMY Omnibot robots from the 80s?
    Astro feels like a smart version of Omnibot.

  40. Mrs. Payne

    September 29, 2021 at 10:24 pm

    Please read this. They are catching people steeling on the homeowners security cameras inside and outside the home. This is not working. The police are arriving after the theft has gone and still have no way of identifying the theft. Even needing the public to help identify them. They have even have photos of their face… This will not fix our crime problem. Don’t be fooled into the real reason why they really made this thing.

  41. Vann Aziz

    September 29, 2021 at 10:26 pm

    Still better than Apple mac pro stand

  42. NYY Recaps

    September 30, 2021 at 12:20 am

    I love new tech but can’t imagine a use for this thing. Give me a robot that picks up groceries, cleans the litter box, does the taxes, plays the stock market, does the laundry, etc.

  43. rubenrar1

    September 30, 2021 at 12:40 am

    Personally for me I’m not into robots or sharing my feelings with robots. Because to me it acknowledges a bigger problem. In our comp 1 class we have discussed in our essay how friendships have become more digital and we feel more confident talking to robot about our feelings. And I feel this video makes the argument stronger. I feel people need to learn how to have a conversation and allow friendships to become more personal. I just don’t feel there’s enough room for robots. Of course they do have their place like if they’re going to say vacuum are carpet and stuff like that is okay. But I don’t feel like we should get used to this. One author has discussed that have we lost confidence in people that much that we need to be talking to a robot. You have to admit that’s a excellent point.

  44. rubenrar1

    September 30, 2021 at 12:42 am

    I just feel like these new products are kind of going to transform people into machines. It may be subtle but this is kind of weird. Is there a thing as of too much technology?

  45. Cpt Cutlass

    September 30, 2021 at 12:48 am

    Don’t worry it can’t spy on cause it’ll chuck itself down the stairs the minute you put it on the floor

  46. Perry Lawrence

    September 30, 2021 at 1:19 am

    So, Astro is basically just Kevin from Saved By the Bell?

  47. Allaiya

    September 30, 2021 at 2:10 am

    I mean I like the idea of an Astro, but agree it needs some other functionality to it like a vacuum.

    • Intensive Care Unit Pee

      October 1, 2021 at 12:00 am

      maybe some more data harvesting. make it water proof so it can bathe me!

  48. J Thom

    September 30, 2021 at 2:38 am

    Does Astro come with an adapter to attach a fleshlight?
    erm..
    Asking for a friend ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ←

  49. Cameron Rayburn

    September 30, 2021 at 3:06 am

    Make it like a guard dog that isn’t useless so you can leave your house without worrying about burglars. Preferably the robot will be like in the Robocop movies where it will give a warning and then shoot the intruder with 100 bullets of overkill even after the intruder complies. Sounds good to me.

  50. Dickie Greenleaf

    September 30, 2021 at 3:33 am

    I’m about to get this but deciding against. I work from home. My house is small. I’m here always. What else can it do?

  51. Andy Garcia

    September 30, 2021 at 4:48 am

    Astro 2 will be able to fly , like a drone. Watch and see 👀

    • Aaron Lane

      September 30, 2021 at 5:45 pm

      amazon already has a flying security drone for the inside of your house

  52. Jamie White

    September 30, 2021 at 5:57 am

    My house is on lots of different levels with steps and stairs everywhere, does that mean the robot it useless? It doesn’t looks like it does steps so it would rule it out for 90 percent of people.

    • Zee One

      September 30, 2021 at 6:52 pm

      Buy one for every level

  53. Luis Cardenas

    September 30, 2021 at 6:37 am

    I laugh because people think Amazon want in on their privacy as if the government doesn’t already have the power to do just that. This robot is going to amount to nothing

  54. Donnie Ray Dorado

    September 30, 2021 at 9:47 am

    I find the voice of the host so annoying.

  55. Ribtickles The best

    September 30, 2021 at 10:36 am

    I can already see all of the videos about the Astro falling down the stairs

  56. Geo Gmz

    September 30, 2021 at 10:37 am

    I like it, but the idea! Of giving Bezzos access to my house.. 😒 is a deal breaker I got rid of all Amazon Smart devices I got.. A while ago and I’m planning of keeping it like that..

  57. Superhero

    September 30, 2021 at 11:46 am

    I live in an 800 ft² apartment if I can get a astro I’m going to get one idgaf

  58. ahloke cafe

    September 30, 2021 at 11:51 am

    So many fail products incoming before even rollout.. Jeff bozos should hv give us an electric car or something sustainable.. Not some mumbo jumbo tech

  59. Franco Castro

    September 30, 2021 at 4:05 pm

    So cool and creepy at the same time

  60. GuardianDemonX

    September 30, 2021 at 5:27 pm

    they stole the name from astro boy, japan should sue them

  61. Natural Marvels

    September 30, 2021 at 5:30 pm

    The data gathering capabilities of this thing will make FascistBook green with envy.

    • Aaron Lane

      September 30, 2021 at 5:42 pm

      FascistBook might release their own version of this soon if it becomes a runaway success.

  62. Zee One

    September 30, 2021 at 6:48 pm

    How does it go upstairs

  63. S Cren

    September 30, 2021 at 8:01 pm

    If the Astro ever releases widely I think it needs to be on display so you can see it in action. I wanna be able to go to a Best Buy for example and demo it. I feel like in the beginning at least people are going to want to see it in action before buying

  64. Menschgebliebener Szene Casher67

    September 30, 2021 at 9:58 pm

    Why would you buy an expensive device to give up your own privacy…?

  65. Mr Orc Shaman

    September 30, 2021 at 10:24 pm

    Wow, great way for predators to hack into your house and watch your kids at night.

  66. 20thCenturyMusic

    September 30, 2021 at 11:32 pm

    Chinese government would love this idea.

  67. Intensive Care Unit Pee

    September 30, 2021 at 11:49 pm

    OMG!!! THIS HORRIFIC TOOL THAT FURTHER PROPELS A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE OF MASS SURVEILENCE HAS CUP HOLDERS!! MUST BUY FOR MAH S/O!! LOL ROFL XD!

  68. Carlos Manuel

    October 1, 2021 at 12:06 am

    hella nah

  69. Mommy's Biggest Disappointment

    October 1, 2021 at 12:25 am

    …And you will be happy.

  70. al

    October 1, 2021 at 12:31 am

    Garbage tech, and anyone who buys one is an idiot, just like those annoying Alexa owners.

  71. Tikoblocks

    October 1, 2021 at 1:25 am

    I hate how people are so quick to buy this stuff. Its a spybot, nothing more, nothing less. If you buy this you are a sheep and a fool.

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