When Amazon’s Echo Frames good glasses first turned extensively obtainable, they had been succesful if considerably boring. There merely weren’t many types, colours and sizes to select from at launch. Thankfully, Amazon is working to handle that problem. The firm is introducing two new colours referred to as “Quartz Grey” and “Pacific Blue.” Amazon will provide each with a wide range of lens choices, together with ones that filter out blue gentle. Additionally, now you can order the present Modern Tortoise Echo Frames with both sun shades or blue gentle lenses.

If you already personal a pair of Echo Frames, you’ll be able to sit up for new software program options coming to your good glasses. The first of these, Top Contact, means that you can add a cellphone quantity you’ll be able to shortly name by long-pressing on the touchpad of your Echo Frames. No want to succeed in in your cellphone or activate Alexa. Speaking of the digital assistant, Amazon is including a settings possibility that may assist you to change the wake phrase you employ to activate the software program from “Alexa” to “Echo.”

Another useful new characteristic will put the good glasses right into a low energy mode in case you place them the other way up. Amazon has additionally enhanced the auto quantity characteristic. It will now consider ambient sounds all through a listening session, as an alternative of solely firstly. Lastly, and this can be a massive one, “in the coming months” Echo Frames will assist sending SMS messages by iOS.

Amazon will launch the entire new body and lens choices, along with up to date options, on November tenth. The Frames begin at $250.