Amazon has finally given a timeline for its upcoming satellite internet service. The company says the product, now called Amazon Leo, will be ready around the middle of 2026.
CEO Andy Jassy shared the news in his yearly letter to investors. The service used to go by the name Project Kuiper.
According to Amazon, Leo will give users download speeds up to 1 gigabit per second. That is much faster than what Starlink currently offers. Starlink speeds usually fall somewhere between 45 and 280 megabits per second.
Jassy did not make it clear if regular people can sign up right away once it’s launched. A company spokesperson said Amazon cannot share more specifics at this time.
Amazon says Leo will beat Starlink in a few ways. Upload speeds will be 6 to 8 times better. Download speeds will be twice as good. The company also promises lower prices. For business users, there is an extra benefit: Leo will work smoothly with Amazon’s cloud platform, AWS, for storing data, running analytics, and using AI tools.
There is a catch, though. Amazon is far behind schedule. Right now, only 241 satellites are up and running. Starlink already has more than 10,000.
So while the mid-2026 launch date sounds promising, Amazon still has a very long way to go before it can truly compete with Starlink on a large scale.