Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronic devices. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com. Since then, we have worked to produce hardware and software for devices like Fire tablets, Kindle Voyage, Amazon Fire TV, and Amazon Echo.

1. CHRIS DENAMUR
S O F T W A R E D E V M A N A G E R , A M A Z O N L A B 1 2 6
linkedin.com/in/chrisdenamur
LAB126
DEVELOPER
TECHNOLOGY

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4. WHAT IS LAB126?

6. Research and Development for high profile
consumer electronic devices
Hardware and software developed together
Develop Fire Tablet, Kindle E-reader, Fire TV
and Echo
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8. HISTORY OF LAB126

9. Started as a vision to improve upon the
physical book
Developed first Kindle E-reader and
grew
That small skunkworks project turned
into many innovated devices
K I N D L E

10. V I S I O N
THE FIRST KINDLE
E-READER WAS BORN AND
LAUNCHED WITH 90,000
BOOKS.
IT SOLD OUT IN 5.5 HOURS.

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12. LAB126 TODAY

13. Amazon’s mission is to be earth’s most
customer-centric company
Compelling devices and experiences
Developers are also our customers,
create devices and tools to improve
developer experience
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15. FOR DEVELOPERS

16. G R E AT F O R C U S TO M E R S , E A S Y F O R D E V S
Fire Devices should be easy for developers
Tools to help developers improve customer
experience
Frameworks for building apps – Calypso and
Web App Starter Kit
Tools for connectivity – Network Monitor
Improve Performance – System X-ray

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18. NETWORK MONITOR

19. N E T W O R K M O N I TO R
On Fire TV, a good network
connection is critical
Improve the customers
experience with information
about network connectivity

20. N E T W O R K M O N I TO R
CONNECTIVITY_CHECK Intent
Opens Network settings to configure
Opens Network Advisor to troubleshoot
F E AT U R E S

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22. SYSTEM X-RAY

23. S Y S T E M X - R AY
Diagnose issues in your app or game
Visually track metrics while in use
Update in real time with minimal system
impact
F E AT U R E S

24. U S I N G S Y S T E M X - R AY
HDMI and HDCP – Debug display issues
CPU – Optimize CPU core utilization and multithreading
Memory – App and System Memory usage, identify memory leaks
Network – Download speed and WiFi signal, diagnose connectivity
issues and determine streams chosen by media players

25. 1. DOWN
1. CENTER
2. MENU
2. MENU 1. Button Y
1. Button A
Fire TV remote
1. Press and hold
Center + Down for 5
seconds
2. Press Menu
Gamepad
1. Press and hold A + Y
for 5 seconds
2. Press Menu
A C T I VAT E S Y S T E M X - R AY

26. Chris DeNamur
@AmazonAppDev
developer.amazon.com/appstore
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