Amazon executive behind Echo voice assistant speaker and Fire tablets is leaving

A key executive responsible for developing some of Amazon’s most recognisable gadgets, including the Echo smart speaker and Fire tablets, is leaving the company at the end of October, a report has said. Lindo St. Angel, vice president of hardware for Amazon’s devices division, Lab126, plans to depart next week. Amazon confirmed the executive’s exit, making him the second high-level departure from the devices division this month.

“We are grateful for his many contributions to Amazon and wish him the best,” an Amazon spokesperson said in an emailed statement, without offering further details on the circumstances of St. Angel’s departure, news agency Reuters reported.