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Best Amazon Echo deals: Save on Pop, Show, Dot, and Studio

Amazon is probably one of the biggest companies in the world, and if you’re in the Amazon ecosystem, then you’ll be happy to know that there are a lot of great smart home devices inside of it that you can snag up. That’s especially the case if you use Amazon Alexa since Amazon makes some of the best smart speakers and best smart displays on the list, which is great if you want to continue expanding your Amazon ecosystem. That said, some of the Amazon devices can be pretty pricey, especially if you’re going for something like the Echo Show or Echo Studio, which is why we’ve collected some of our favorite Echo deals for you below.

Also, if you’re maybe interested in another ecosystem, you could check out these Google Nest deals instead.

Best Amazon Echo deals

Amazon Echo (4th Gen) on a kitchen counter.
Amazon

The focus of Amazon Echo smart speakers is to enable voice commands with Alexa, so that you can access the different types of Alexa skills, in addition to a wide variety of functions such as searching for information, setting alarms and reminders, and making to-do lists. The Amazon Echo models range from the cheap Amazon Echo Pop to the premium Amazon Echo Studio, so you can choose what to buy depending on how much you’re willing to spend. With these Amazon Echo deals, you’re going to enjoy discounts, but only if you hurry.

  • Amazon Echo Pop (1st Generation) —
  • Amazon  Echo Dot with Clock (5th Gen, 2022 Release) —
  • Amazon Echo Spot (2024 release) —
  • Amazon Echo (4th Gen) (refurbished) —

Best Amazon Echo Show deals

Amazon Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen) on angle table.
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The Amazon Echo Show devices add a display to the Amazon Echo smart speakers, which are helpful in several ways. You can ask Alexa to play a tutorial while you’re in the middle of doing something, you can watch streaming shows while waiting for your food to cook, and so much more. They go from the small Amazon Echo Show 5 to the large Amazon Echo Show 10, and with savings along the way, you wouldn’t want to miss these Amazon Echo Show deals.

  • Amazon Echo Show 5 (3rd Generation) —
  • Amazon – Echo Show 8 (3rd Generation) —
  • Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen, refurbished) —
  • Amazon Echo Show 15 —

Best Amazon Echo Studio deals

Amazon Echo Studio Alexa Smart Speaker on a table.
Amazon

The Amazon Echo Studio is a high-fidelity smart speaker that provides immersive sound through a t-speaker design. These include powerful bass, dynamic rmidrange, and crisp highs. It also has Dolby Atmos to add space, clarity, and depth to whatever audio you pump through it. The Echo Studio can stream songs from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Tidal, and more. It also has a built-in smart home that makes it a go-to Amazon Echo device.

  • Amazon Echo Studio with Amazon Echo Sub —

Amazon Echo deals FAQ

When are the best Amazon Echo deals?

Amazon typically joins the action during big seasonal and holiday sales (think July 4, Labor Day, and Black Friday), so any of these events are great opportunities to shop for Amazon Echo deals. However, since this is Amazon we’re talking about, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention Prime Day, which is rivaled only by Black Friday and Cyber Monday as far as annual sales go.

Prime Day is a yearly celebration of Amazon’s birthday that typically takes place in mid-July. You can think of it as Black Friday in the summer, although Prime Day itself is exclusive to Amazon and the official deals are limited to Prime members. That said, other retailers compete with Amazon by running sales concurrent with Prime Day, although Best Buy is the only other place you’ll find Amazon Echo deals. If you don’t have a Prime membership, keep your eyes on Best Buy instead (or you could always take advantage of an Amazon Prime trial if it’s available to you).

How much should you spend on an Amazon Echo?

The short answer is: Not much. If you’re shopping for your first Echo speaker, we recommend sticking with one of the cheaper Echo Dot models, as this is an inexpensive way to give Alexa a spin and get a grip on all of the features. Because many households eventually buy more than one Echo device, there’s no reason to buy one of the most expensive Echoes or Show devices right off the bat.

If you start with an Echo Dot or an Echo Show 5 and later want to add more devices or choose another device with better sound or a larger screen, the first device will surely find a home quickly in another place, such as your bedroom. Your Echo devices will all sync together, too, so you can control everything with any of them. If, on the other hand, you find that you don’t use your Echo device much or at all, by buying a less expensive model, you won’t feel like you wasted a bunch of money.

If you’re still having trouble choosing which model you want, just know that they all boast the same features when it comes to the Alexa AI. The most significant difference among the Echo smart speakers is audio quality. The Echo Dot is fine in the kitchen or a home office for background music, but if you want to fill a room with sound or use Echo smart speakers for a party, choose a full-sized Echo or even an Echo Plus. You can pair two same models of Echo smart speakers for stereo sound and also connect them with an Echo Sub to act as a subwoofer. If you hook up your TV for Fire TV video streaming, you might even decide to equip your audio-video setup with Echo smart speakers.

The Echo Show displays, as mentioned earlier, vary in screen size, video resolution, and sound quality, directly proportional to price. Note that you can also use a Fire TV setup with a Fire TV Stick or Fire TV 4K Stick or an integrated Fire TV as an Echo smart display. Newer-model Fire TV remotes are Alexa hands-free capable, so you can ask Alexa to show you the front door camera, for example, to see who’s on your porch on a large screen. A smart display adds a lot of functionality to the original Echo smart speaker design, but you’ll have to decide for yourself if it makes sense to pay extra for that or if it’s overkill for a simpler smart home system.

Bruce Brown
Digital Trends Contributing Editor Bruce Brown is a member of the Smart Homes and Commerce teams. Bruce uses smart devices…
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