Amazon secretly developing a smart one-button device

Amazon is gaining more staff to the secret unit in Silicon Valley that will create Internet-connected devices for smart homes. One such, according to Reuters, could become a one-button gadget for online orders.

Amazon plans, detailed in a paper referenced by an anonymous source Reuters, reveal the intentions of Jeff Bezos to expand the presence of the largest American online retailer in the market hardware. And this despite criticism from investors about the excessive expenditure of funds for pilot projects.

The Lab126 division, which created the Kindle and other consumer devices, plans to increase staffing by at least 27 percent by 2019. According to the source, Amazon will invest in laboratory $ 55 million.

Household plug-in device will provide Amazon with additional advantages in the competition against Google and Apple, which are separate from each other invest in the concept of "smart home".

Technology companies see the future in connecting to the Internet the dishwashers, thermostats and other household appliances, which are able to interact with each other. In turn, skeptics say that many such devices do not afford the bulk buyers and creation of a "mainstream" will take years.

Amazon is testing a simple Wi-Fi device that can be installed in the kitchen or in the bathroom and allows customers to order a variety of products, such as household chemicals, a simple press of a button. Another source tells Reuters that the division Lab126 is also interested in wearable devices. And both warn that there is no guarantee that such devices will ever hit the market.

In the message, Amazon said that Lab126 "is developing rapidly", and as the evidence presented Fire Phone, set-top box and several new Fire tablets and e-readers.

We will continue to innovate and release new features, services and products, and to support our innovation. Lab 126 is developing very quickly, — said the press-Secretary of the Amazon Kinley Pearsall.

Source: hi-news.ru