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You'll find all the features you need to watch your favorite Netflix and Prime Video movies on the best Amazon Fire TVs. You can easily control your Fire TV using the included remote. The microphone button lets you chat directly with the Alexa voice assistant to get your TV to do things like search for movies or control playback.
The Amazon Echo Pop is a steal at just $23
It's not often you see a smart speaker drop this low in price
Among the many deals we are seeing with Amazon's Big Spring Sale, are notable discounts on the company's own hardware. Its collection of streaming devices, tablets, and smart speakers are already known for their affordability, and these price-drops make them even more accessible. Take the Echo Pop, for example. The tiny smart speaker offers well-rounded sound, access to Alexa and all of your favorite streaming audio services, and right now you can pick it up for just $23.
Amazon drops its Echo speakers down to their best prices yet in these last-minute deals
Deck the halls with chimes from Alexa for as little as $18 this weekend
If you're still looking for last-minute gift ideas, it seems Amazon is pulling out all the stops this week to help you find what you're looking for at a good price. Along with a batch of new last-minute holiday deals on basically everything you can think of, it also brought back most of its Prime Day deals on Alexa devices — including the amazing deals it had on Echo smart speakers.
Amazon Echo: Essential tips for your first smart speaker
From basic uses to hidden Easter eggs, here's how to get the most out of your Echo
Amazon's lineup of smart home devices has grown over the years. If you recently switched to the Amazon Alexa ecosystem, you might have some questions. Questions like, "What can an Echo Dot do?" or "Is the flagship Echo Studio worth it?" might be at the forefront of your mind. But most of all, you want to know the tricks of the trade.
Amazon Echo devices are some of the best smart speakers and displays available. They work seamlessly with most smart home devices and integrate with most music streaming services, allowing you to listen to your favorite tunes. In addition, they allow you to place audio and video calls using their built-in microphones and cameras, in the case of smart displays. Some Echo speakers come with built-in temperature and presence sensors.
A smart home can make you more productive and complement your family's life, but it can be frustrating when it doesn't work correctly. An Alexa-compatible smart home system seems the logical choice for those beginning to build their smart home thanks to its ease of use and low cost. But Alexa devices sometimes run into trouble. Most of these issues are easy to fix. Here's how.
Amazon Echo Pop Kids vs. Echo Dot Kids: Which is better?
Comparing Amazon’s two compact smart speakers for kids
Amazon started offering a kids-specific version of the Echo Dot smart speaker in 2020. But now the company has added a kids-version of the Echo Pop speaker as well.
Everyone knows Amazon's Alexa ecosystem, and it isn't an exaggeration to say Amazon makes some of the best smart speakers money can buy. Alexa's deep integration with smart home hardware only continues to improve, especially with the new Matter protocol. But sometimes, controlling your Amazon Echo's speakers feels a bit one-note if you haven't explored the possibilities.
How to set up Alexa for emergencies calls
Can Alexa contact emergency numbers for you? Here's how it all works and how to set it up
Amazon Alexa, found commonly in Amazon Echos and a variety of other speakers (as well as apps on your Android phone), is a voice-command smorgasbord. The voice assistant comes with excellent compatibility for your smart home devices, easy links to popular music searches, and generally helpful information whether you're baking a cake or checking football scores.
Amazon’s inability to monetize Alexa is the biggest problem no one’s talking about
Alexa may lose $10 billion this year, revealing major monetization problems for smart assistants
In many ways, the 2014 launch of Amazon Alexa smart assistant was like the launch of ChatGPT eight years later. Both were marvels of machine learning that fundamentally changed the way we framed our interactions with technology. Both had rendered fact from what had previously been science fiction and techno-fantasy, and both inspired millions of people to ask them meaningless questions to experience the novelty of "talking" to a machine. But whereas ChatGPT is on track to make its parent company, OpenAI, $1 billion this year, Alexa is reported to have cost Amazon upwards of $10 billion in the same time frame. To get an idea of why, we will have to get into the weeds a little.
Be smart and don't miss this Prime Day Amazon Echo Pop bundle for less than $20
At impulse buy level pricing, don't let this bubble pop
Smart home devices are ubiquitous these days, with seemingly anything you put in your home offering some connectivity. Whether that's a good thing or not is for another article. But what is true is that if you don't have a way to control those devices, they might as well be dumb ones. One of the easiest ways to control your smart home devices is with one of the best smart speakers.
Early Prime Day sale brings massive discounts to Echo Dot, Pop and more
Get big discounts on Echo devices before the big event
With just over a week to go before Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days savings event kicks off, the wait for some of the year's best holiday deals is almost over. The anticipation is building up for shoppers looking to score a good price before Black Friday comes around, and Amazon's early October event will be a shot at snagging these too-good-to-be-true offers before the major holiday rush.
Bundle a month of Amazon Music Unlimited and an Echo Pop to save $35
This makes the Echo Pop just $5
If you're looking for a new music streaming service to check out, Amazon has an offer that's hard to pass up. Right now, if you sign up for a month of Amazon Music Unlimited, you can get one of the company's colorful smart speakers for just a few extra bucks. That's right, new subscribers can get the Echo Pop for just $5 extra, bringing the total purchase price to just $15 for this great bundle.
How to change the default music player on your Amazon Echo
No longer will you be stuck with Amazon Music for your streaming needs
Smart speakers are an essential part of a connected home, as they let you control most of your IoT (Internet of Things) objects, as well as help you with daily tasks, such as setting reminders and telling you about the weather. They're also primarily designed as speakers, meaning you can play your favorite tunes on them, regardless of the source. These speakers can be connected to your phone using Bluetooth or used with an online streaming platform, such as Spotify.
The Amazon Echo Dot, now in its fourth generation, is the budget option for Amazon's Echo smart speakers. Despite being cost-effective, it's still an excellent choice for those seeking an Alexa-compatible smart speaker. The Echo Dot has many features, most of which revolve around Amazon Alexa's capabilities. It functions as a smart speaker, smart home hub, or a simple speaker for playing music. This guide tells you everything you need to know about the Echo Dot, including what it is, what it can do, and how to use it.
Amazon’s colorful smart speakers are down to just $23 right now
It’s compact, colorful, and works in small rooms effectively
We’ve come a long way from the old day when you had to manually operate your speakers. Yes, regular speakers still exist, but now we also have smart speakers that work without anything other than the sound of your voice. You can grab a number of Alexa-powered smart speakers right now, but this sale for the Amazon Echo Pop is one you should check out. This smart speaker is great for small spaces and adds a nice pop to any room, so check out the Amazon Echo Pop for just $22 today.
Amazon’s popular Echo smart speakers are up to 38% off right now
Grab the latest Echo Dot or newest Echo Pop for as little as $25
Voice-enabled smart homes used to be a distant and futuristic concept, but Amazon changed all that with its Alexa-enabled electronics like the Echo. If you haven’t yet started smartening up your home, or if you want to upgrade some of your existing equipment, you could score some discounts on Amazon Echo speakers right now.
How to drop in on all your Echo devices at the same time
With Drop In on Echo speakers, your loved ones are just a voice command away!
Amazon pioneered the smart speaker segment with its Echo line of speakers, and Amazon Echo devices are some of the best smart speakers you can buy. One of the reasons behind the popularity of Echo devices, apart from their affordable pricing and ease of use, is the feature set. From basic things like adding reminders to running complex routines that control your smart home setup, the Echo speakers can handle everything. An excellent example of one such feature is Drop In, which turns your Echo speakers into an intercom device.
Echo speaker bundles drop to Prime Day lows, no membership required
Prices start at just $18 and several speakers include a free smart bulb
Amazon's Echo line is home to some of the best smart speakers available. They're easy to use, they give you access to a variety of streaming services, and they come with Alexa, one of the most capable and well-rounded digital assistants on the market. Echo speakers also offer a ton of value, as they are already priced below the competition, and Amazon doesn't mind offering steep discounts to lure customers into its ecosystem. We saw some of the lowest prices we've ever seen during the recent Prime Day sale, and today, Best Buy is doing its best to match them. For a limited time, you can pick up a brand-new Echo speaker for as low as $18.
Amazon Echo Pop at 55% off is the Prime Day deal you can’t miss
The Echo Pop is down to a much more reasonable $18
The new Echo Pop, which just came out in May of this year, falls into a strange spot among the other options in Amazon's line of Echo smart speakers. Essentially taking the Echo Dot and trimming it down in both form and function, it's meant to be a more basic — and cheaper — alternative to one of Amazon's best smart speakers to date. However, at its standard $40 price tag, it's hard to justify a purchase when you realize that the Echo Dot is only $10 more. With Amazon Prime Day in full swing, two deals are here that take over 50% off this nifty little smart speaker and drop it down to a much more acceptable $18 for the speaker alone and $19 for the speaker with a Sengled smart bulb bundled in.