Listen to everything Amazon announced during its hardware event this week

Amazon announced a number of more Echo units this week, and The Vergecast is right here to recap all of it. Nilay, Dan, Dieter, and Paul talk about Amazon’s strategy with these new products, as nicely rumors of stuff that shall be introduced at Google’s occasion next week.

There’s an entire lot of stuff in between that — like Twitter’s new 280 character limit — so take heed to it all and also you’ll get it all.

02:22 - Twitter just doubled the character limit for tweets to 280

06:08 - The 5 biggest announcements from Amazon’s surprise hardware event

09:23 - Amazon’s Echo and Echo Plus are hiding a lot of new tech

16:41 - Amazon's Echo Spot is a sneaky way to get a camera into your bedroom

24:31 - Google pulls YouTube off the Amazon Echo Show

41:16 - This week in TV stuff

46:52 - Amazon announces new Fire TV with 4K and HDR for only $70

52:33 - Paul’s weekly phase “Kitsch in the Kloud

54:14 - Google Pixel 2 event: what to expect

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