Amazon Astro 2nd Gen smart robot offers useful features for home and office situations
4 / 11Astro 2nd Gen sits at the premium end of the consumer home-robotics segment — a category that, until recently, was dominated by iRobot's vacuum-only form factor and Arlo's stationary security cameras.
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Get it for $1599.99Amazon Astro 2nd Gen smart robot offers useful features for home and office situations
Astro 2nd Gen sits at the premium end of the consumer home-robotics segment — a category that, until recently, was dominated by iRobot's vacuum-only form factor and Arlo's stationary security cameras. Amazon's approach is a mobile, conversational security and household assistant that runs Alexa natively, competing directly with Samsung's Ballie (still largely vapor) and Enabot EBO Air at a fraction of the price point. At $1,599.99, it occupies the prosumer tier — too expensive to be an impulse purchase, too limited in manipulation capability to be a true home-automation hub. The 2.1 speaker configuration and 20.6-pound chassis signal that Amazon is positioning this as a persistent room-presence device, not a portable companion.
