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Amazon Lab126, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Founded2004;20 years ago(2004)
Headquarters1100 Enterprise Way,
Sunnyvale, California94089[1]
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Number of employees
3,000[3]
ParentAmazon
Websitelab126.com

Amazon Lab126[4](sometimes known asLab126) is an Americanresearch and developmentandcomputer hardwarecompany owned byAmazon.com.[5]It was founded in 2004 by Gregg Zehr,[6]previously Vice President of Hardware Engineering atPalm,and is based inSunnyvale, California.[7]It is widely known for developing Amazon'sKindleline ofe-readersandtablets.[8][9][10]

Name[edit]

Lab126's name derives from the arrow in Amazon's logo, which points from A to Z—the 1st and 26th letters in theEnglish languagealphabet.[11][6]

Products[edit]

In 2007, after three years of research and development by Lab126, theAmazon Kindlee-reader was released. Newer models of the Kindle continue to be released, with the latest model called the Kindle Oasis in mid-2016.[12]

In 2011, Lab126 released theKindle Firetablet;in 2012, they released two new models of the Fire tablet called theKindle Fire HD.[13]In 2013, it released theFire HDX,a high-end tablet.[14]

In 2014, Lab126 released theAmazon Fire TVdigital media player;in late 2014, they released the smallerFire TV Stick.Lab126 also released theFire Phonethat was not commercially successful.[15][5]

In 2015, Lab126 released theAmazon Echo,avoice command device.[16]

In 2016, it released theEcho Dot,which is a hockey puck sized version of the Echo; they also released theAmazon Tap,a smaller, portable version of the Echo.[17][18]

In 2021, it announcedAmazon Astro,a brand of domestic robots developed by Lab126.[19][20]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Contact Lab126 - Sunnyvale, CA".Lab126. Archived fromthe originalon 25 November 2016.Retrieved30 October2016.
  2. ^"David Limp".LinkedIn.
  3. ^Yu, Howard."On Cyber Monday, Jeff Bezos Has Made Amazon Echo Sound Better Than Google Home".Forbes.
  4. ^"Lab126 Designs and Engineers Hand-held Consumer Electronics in Sunnyvale, CA".Amazon Lab216. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-11-19.Retrieved30 October2016.
  5. ^ab"Following Fire Phone Flop, Big Changes At Amazon's Lab126".Fast Company.5 January 2015.
  6. ^abGarcía Vega, Miguel Ángel (April 27, 2022)."What is Lab126, Amazon's secretive research laboratory?".El Pais.Retrieved2 May2022.
  7. ^"Amazon research unit Lab 126 agrees to big lease that could bring Sunnyvale 2,600 new workers".19 September 2012.Retrieved2016-08-21.
  8. ^Catherine Shu (4 January 2013)."Amazon's R&D Group Lab126 Embarks On Hiring Spree As Kindle Business Expands".TechCrunch.AOL.
  9. ^"Amazon Kindle Product Page".Amazon.Retrieved2008-03-22.
  10. ^"Amazon Grows A Startup In Cupertino".Archived fromthe originalon July 22, 2011.Retrieved2008-03-22.
  11. ^"Work with Us § Our Story".Amazon Lab126.Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2017.Retrieved30 October2016.
  12. ^Amazon's Kindle Oasis is the funkiest e-reader it's ever madeThe VergeRetrieved April 13, 2016
  13. ^Amazon preparing 'up to six' new Kindle Fire tablets23 July 2012
  14. ^Byford, Sam (2017-05-16)."How is Amazon's 2013 tablet still the best one it ever released?".The Verge.Retrieved2022-07-12.
  15. ^"Amazon Fire Phone Flops".TechCrunch.AOL. 23 October 2014.
  16. ^"The Real Story of How Amazon Built the Echo".Bloomberg.com.Retrieved2022-07-12.
  17. ^"Amazon adds the $130 Amazon Tap and the $90 Echo Dot to the Echo family".TechCrunch.Retrieved2022-07-12.
  18. ^Rey, Jason Del (2016-03-03)."Amazon unveils two new versions of Echo, including one you can take to the beach".Vox.Retrieved2022-07-12.
  19. ^McCracken, Harry (2021-09-28)."Amazon's Astro home robot is 'Alexa on wheels'—and much more".Fast Company.Retrieved2022-07-12.
  20. ^"Amazon Reveals the Science Behind Astro, Its New Robot".Digital Trends.2021-09-29.Retrieved2022-07-12.

External links[edit]

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