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David Limp, head of Amazon's consumer equipment division, is reportedly stepping down later this year.

Limp has been senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon for more than 13 years. He heads divisions that include products like Echo / Alexa and Amazon's Fire tablet.

There have been numerous reports that the company's big bets on smart homes haven't paid off. As of November, the division lost $5 billion in revenue. The department was also one of the hardest hit by widespread layoffs. Amazon cut about 27,000 jobs overall as CEO Andy Jassy took cost-cutting steps in a weaker economy.

"Limp will remain in office for the next few months and we will announce his successor in the coming weeks," Jassy noted. I am still excited and optimistic about the products and services we are building in the equipment and services areas, we are still in a relatively early stage, and I believe these businesses will bring more benefits to customers and companies. "

Still, Jahsi and Amazon insist that the company is committed to consumer hardware for the long term, especially Echo devices. Last week, Amazon revealed that Alexa head Rohit Prasad will be responsible for expanding the range of such products to keep Amazon competitive in white-hot generative AI and large language models.

In a blog post, limp referred to the news of his departure and said: "it's time to leave. "

He added: "I've been doing something similar (manufacturing and shipping consumer electronics) off and on for over 30 years. I love my job, but I also want to see the future through a different lens. I'm not sure what the future is yet, but one thing is certain: it's not going to be in consumer electronics. I'll be working on it for a few more months, and we still have a lot of work to do on our fall product. Therefore, I will continue to provide test reports for some time to come. "

Before joining Amazon, Limp worked at Apple and Palm.

"Under Limp's leadership, Amazon has become one of the world's leading innovators building the devices and foundational services customers love, from Kindle to Fire TV to Alexa and Echo, and for the past 15 years we've been inventing and improving device experiences to help our customers live better lives every day." "

Amazon will unveil an updated lineup of its hardware devices at an event Sept. 20 at its second headquarters in Arlington, Va.

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