Amazon Lab126 (sometimes known as Lab126) is an American

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and computer hardware company owned by Amazon.com. It was founded in 2004 by Gregg Zehr, previously Vice President of Hardware Engineering at

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, and is based in

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. It is widely known for developing Amazon's

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line of

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s and tablets.

Name

Lab126's name derives from the arrow in Amazon's logo, which points from A to Z—the 1st and 26th letters in the

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Products

*In 2007, after three years of research and development by Lab126, the

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e-reader was released. Newer models of the Kindle continue to be released, with the latest model called the Kindle Oasis in mid-2016. *In 2011, Lab126 released the

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tablet and in 2012 released two new models of the Fire tablet called the Kindle Fire HD. In 2013, it released the Fire HDX, a high-end tablet. *In 2014, Lab126 released the

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digital media player and in late 2014 released the smaller Fire TV Stick. *In 2014, Lab126 released the Fire Phone that was not commercially successful. *In 2015, Lab126 released the

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, a voice command device. *In 2016, it released the Echo Dot, which is a hockey puck sized version of the Echo and the Amazon Tap, a smaller, portable version of the Echo. *In 2021, it announced Amazon Astro, a brand of domestic robots developed by Lab126.

References

External links

Lab 126 -- Public Website
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