Alongside a slew of Echo devices, Amazon also introduced a new smart home interface today. It's called the Alexa Home Map, and the company describes it as "an interactive 3D map that lets you see and control your home."

Amazon has announced five new Alexa devices for its smart home lineup. Here's everything you need to know about Echo Time, Alexa Photo Frame and other launches.

Amazon has been a major player in the smart home market for years, but fresh competition from Apple may have lit a fire under it. The company has just unveiled a new lineup of Alexa devices, including Echo speakers,

Amazon claims that the Alexa Home Map will update dynamically in real time, gathering data from your smart devices in and around your home. As a result, it can show the color of your smart twinkle lights during the holiday, as well as animations of people and cars moving around your property.

Apple's HomeView hasn't shipped yet, but Amazon is already staking out more of the smart home with five new Alexa devices designed for everything from entertainment to sleep.

It can animate an external view in real time, and makes it easier to manage your smart home devices from one interface.

Amazon has provided its Alexa smart home interface a major upgrade, replacing its earlier 2D view with an interactive 3D map that shows connected devices inside