Amazon Slashes Prices Across its Echo Smart Speaker Range for Black Friday

Amazon today began offering devices in its Echo smart speaker range at discounted prices for the first time in the products' short history, as part of its Black Friday Deals Week.

For those unfamiliar with the devices, the connected speakers' array of microphones lets users query voice-based assistant Alexa, who can be asked to do things like play music, read the news, use apps, check the weather, turn on the lights, set timers, and more.

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The full-size Echo speaker is being offered at $140 (usually $180), while the second-generation Echo Dot – a smaller variant with the same features – has had $10 lopped off the price and is going for $40.

Elsewhere, Amazon has slashed $40 off its Alexa-enabled portable Bluetooth speaker, now selling for $90 instead of $130.

Apple is also offering its own Black Friday deals this year. For all the discounts on Apple products offered on Amazon, Apple, and elsewhere, be sure to check out the MacRumors Black Friday Holiday Roundup, continually updated throughout the week.

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Top Rated Comments

jjblinky Avatar
113 months ago
Does anyone know if you can/if it's easy to use Alexa alongside HomeKit/siri? I already have some things (smartplugs) set up using HomeKit/Siri, but a dedicated device such as the echo dot for voice commands would be nice. I would want to be able to use siri and the home app traditionally though. So I guess I'm asking if you can set up the devices to respond to both. So in theory I could tell Alexa to turn the light off and then tell Siri to turn it back on.
Yes you can do that. It works really well with my Hue lights.
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Not a bad offer. But nothing Siri can't really do either, for the most part.
I was in the same place as you, but I use this way more than Siri. Its more responsive and gets it right first time more of the time. Plus everyone in the house can use it, there is no voice print.
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canyonblue737 Avatar
113 months ago
Not a bad offer. But nothing Siri can't really do either, for the most part.
sorta.

despite my Lutron Caseta smart home lighting system working with Apple HomeKit, the "Hey Siri" call function is hit or miss at best and requires me to remove the phone from my pocket to work or have it laying out. its a massive pain in the ass and almost makes it worse than just getting up and walking over to hit a switch.

i purchased 3 echo dot's for $150 total that are ALWAYS listening and cover 75% of the main and upper floor of my house. anytime i am in those 75% of areas where a echo can hear me I can literally just speak out loud at any given time "Alexa, dim my bedroom lights to 50%" or "Alexa, turn on the kitchen island lights" or "Alexa, turn off all of the downstairs lights" and it gets it 100% perfect all the time. no button press. no "hey siri" that works 50% of the time and requires a slight pause before saying a command. for me that $150 made my far more expensive lighting system WORK.

believe me i want apple to get there, the only reason i haven't bought MORE echo's is because i'm trying not to sink too much money into echo if i end up going to a similar apple solution in 2017 but for now it KILLS SIRI to actually do things people want it to do and not just demonstrate you can ask 12 ways to get it to say the weather.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
timmyh Avatar
113 months ago
Of course MR needs to make money somehow, but this is just an advertorial. Should be marked as such.
Just to be clear, nobody paid MR to highlight this discount.

We've covered news about Amazon products in the past, so we thought some readers might appreciate the heads-up. :)
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Azzin Avatar
113 months ago
Hopefully this will apply to Amazon UK too-no discounts showing currently.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Ed217 Avatar
113 months ago
Personally, even if I got a link saying I was able to get one for free, I just wouldn't bother.

I don't see the point in the 'smart speakers' - it can't do anything my phone can't do, and my phone isn't tethered to the power socket in one room of my house.

I don't get the hype.
I remember hearing similar words when smartphones first came out. Those proved to be less than insightful too...
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
44267547 Avatar
113 months ago
How close do you have to be in order for the echo to hear you or what's the range for one unit? Do have to speak loudly for it to understand you?
It has a decent range for to hear your voice, I would estimate approximately 12-15 Feet, depending on the noise in the background. And you don't have to speak loudly per say, more so more clearly.
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