The Amazon Echo brought on the smart speaker craze and since then, many other companies have jumped into this rapidly expanding market. We have the Google Home, Microsoft is still prepping some Cortana speakers, and Apple’s HomePod lands in December. But Amazon’s Echo is the original and does a very good job at what it aims to do.
Now normally the Echo retails for $179, but today they are taking $50 off that price and you can grab the Amazon Echo for just $129. And if you are a member of Amazon Prime, you can get free two-day shipping and start using Alexa before you know it. The Amazon Echo has some pretty good speakers that deliver a nice sound quality. It can loop in with the Amazon Music Library, as well as Pandora and Spotify. Plus it can be connected to as a Bluetooth speaker, so you can stream music from almost any device.
You can also talk with Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant, that can connect with a plethora of smart home standards. The Echo is a great example of how helpful technology can be and how far artificial intelligence has come. Amazon also makes the smaller Echo Dot which is only $49.99 and later this week the Echo Show which has a screen is being released.
