Amazon Lab126, Inc.
Amazon Lab126 headquarters in Sunnyvale
Company type
Subsidiary Industry Founded 2004; 20 years ago (2004 ) Headquarters 1100 Enterprise Way, , United States
Area served
Worldwide Key people
Products Number of employees
3,000
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Parent
Amazon.com Website
lab126.com
Amazon Lab126
[4] (sometimes known as Lab126 ) is an American
research and development and
computer hardware company owned by
Amazon.com .
[5] It was founded in 2004 by Gregg Zehr,
[6] previously Vice President of Hardware Engineering at
Palm , and is based in
Sunnyvale, California .
[7] It is widely known for developing Amazon's
Kindle line of
e-readers and
tablets .
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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
English language
alphabet .
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Products
In 2007, after three years of research and development by Lab126, the
Amazon Kindle e-reader was released. Newer models of the Kindle continue to be released, with the latest model called the Kindle Oasis in mid-2016.
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In 2011, Lab126 released the
Kindle Fire
tablet ; in 2012, they released two new models of the Fire tablet called the
Kindle Fire HD .
[13] In 2013, it released the
Fire HDX , a high-end tablet.
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In 2014, Lab126 released the
Amazon Fire TV
digital media player ; in late 2014, they released the smaller
Fire TV Stick . Lab126 also released the
Fire Phone that was not commercially successful.
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In 2015, Lab126 released the
Amazon Echo , a
voice command device .
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In 2016, it released the
Echo Dot , which is a hockey puck sized version of the Echo; they also released the
Amazon Tap , a smaller, portable version of the Echo.
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In 2021, it announced
Amazon Astro , a brand of domestic robots developed by Lab126.
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References
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"Contact Lab126 - Sunnyvale, CA" . Lab126. Archived from
the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016 .
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"David Limp" .
LinkedIn .
^ Yu, Howard.
"On Cyber Monday, Jeff Bezos Has Made Amazon Echo Sound Better Than Google Home" .
Forbes .
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"Lab126 Designs and Engineers Hand-held Consumer Electronics in Sunnyvale, CA" . Amazon Lab216. Archived from
the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 30 October 2016 .
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"Following Fire Phone Flop, Big Changes At Amazon's Lab126" . Fast Company . 5 January 2015.
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a
b García Vega, Miguel Ángel (April 27, 2022).
"What is Lab126, Amazon's secretive research laboratory?" . El Pais . Retrieved 2 May 2022 .
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"Amazon research unit Lab 126 agrees to big lease that could bring Sunnyvale 2,600 new workers" . 19 September 2012. Retrieved 2016-08-21 .
^ Catherine Shu (4 January 2013).
"Amazon's R&D Group Lab126 Embarks On Hiring Spree As Kindle Business Expands" . TechCrunch . AOL.
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"Amazon Kindle Product Page" . Amazon . Retrieved 2008-03-22 .
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"Amazon Grows A Startup In Cupertino" . Archived from
the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved 2008-03-22 .
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"Work with Us § Our Story" . Amazon Lab126 . Archived from
the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2016 .
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Amazon's Kindle Oasis is the funkiest e-reader it's ever made
The Verge Retrieved April 13, 2016
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Amazon preparing 'up to six' new Kindle Fire tablets 23 July 2012
^ Byford, Sam (2017-05-16).
"How is Amazon's 2013 tablet still the best one it ever released?" . The Verge . Retrieved 2022-07-12 .
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"Amazon Fire Phone Flops" . TechCrunch . AOL. 23 October 2014.
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"The Real Story of How Amazon Built the Echo" . Bloomberg.com . Retrieved 2022-07-12 .
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"Amazon adds the $130 Amazon Tap and the $90 Echo Dot to the Echo family" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 2022-07-12 .
^ Rey, Jason Del (2016-03-03).
"Amazon unveils two new versions of Echo, including one you can take to the beach" . Vox . Retrieved 2022-07-12 .
^ McCracken, Harry (2021-09-28).
"Amazon's Astro home robot is 'Alexa on wheels'—and much more" . Fast Company . Retrieved 2022-07-12 .
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"Amazon Reveals the Science Behind Astro, Its New Robot" . Digital Trends . 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2022-07-12 .
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