Amazon Lab126
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | |
Founded | 2004 |
Headquarters | 1100 Enterprise Way,, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
Products | |
Number of employees | 3,000[3] |
Parent | Amazon |
Website | lab126 |
Amazon Lab126[4](sometimes known asLab126) is an Americanresearch and developmentandcomputer hardwarecompany owned byAmazon.[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 languageAlpha bet.[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]
- ^"Contact Lab126 - Sunnyvale, CA".Lab126. Archived fromthe originalon 25 November 2016.Retrieved30 October2016.
- ^"David Limp".LinkedIn.
- ^Yu, Howard."On Cyber Monday, Jeff Bezos Has Made Amazon Echo Sound Better Than Google Home".Forbes.
- ^"Lab126 Designs and Engineers Hand-held Consumer Electronics in Sunnyvale, CA".Amazon Lab216. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-11-19.Retrieved30 October2016.
- ^ab"Following Fire Phone Flop, Big Changes At Amazon's Lab126".Fast Company.5 January 2015.
- ^abGarcía Vega, Miguel Ángel (April 27, 2022)."What is Lab126, Amazon's secretive research laboratory?".El Pais.Retrieved2 May2022.
- ^"Amazon research unit Lab 126 agrees to big lease that could bring Sunnyvale 2,600 new workers".19 September 2012.Retrieved2016-08-21.
- ^Catherine Shu (4 January 2013)."Amazon's R&D Group Lab126 Embarks On Hiring Spree As Kindle Business Expands".TechCrunch.AOL.
- ^"Amazon Kindle Product Page".Amazon.Retrieved2008-03-22.
- ^"Amazon Grows A Startup In Cupertino".Archived fromthe originalon July 22, 2011.Retrieved2008-03-22.
- ^"Work with Us § Our Story".Amazon Lab126.Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2017.Retrieved30 October2016.
- ^Amazon's Kindle Oasis is the funkiest e-reader it's ever madeThe VergeRetrieved April 13, 2016
- ^Amazon preparing 'up to six' new Kindle Fire tablets23 July 2012
- ^Byford, Sam (2017-05-16)."How is Amazon's 2013 tablet still the best one it ever released?".The Verge.Retrieved2022-07-12.
- ^"Amazon Fire Phone Flops".TechCrunch.AOL. 23 October 2014.
- ^"The Real Story of How Amazon Built the Echo".Bloomberg.Retrieved2022-07-12.
- ^"Amazon adds the $130 Amazon Tap and the $90 Echo Dot to the Echo family".TechCrunch.Retrieved2022-07-12.
- ^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.
- ^McCracken, Harry (2021-09-28)."Amazon's Astro home robot is 'Alexa on wheels'—and much more".Fast Company.Retrieved2022-07-12.
- ^"Amazon Reveals the Science Behind Astro, Its New Robot".Digital Trends.2021-09-29.Retrieved2022-07-12.
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