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Echo Show 8 Review: It’ll Grow on You
The Echo Show 8 ($130, currently $100) is Amazon’s newest smart display device, sitting between the 10.1-inch Echo Show ($230) and the 5.5-inch Echo Show 5 ($80). It looks a lot like the Echo Show 5… just...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Amazon Echo Auto Review: Great For Music!
Amazon Echo Auto ($40) is basically a mini voice-controlled Echo speaker for your car. Here in Minnesota, where a new “hands free” law just went into effect, we’re all looking for the best way to control music...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Generation) Review
Amazon’s new Echo Dot 3rd Generation Smart Speaker will be one of the hottest tech goodies of the 2018 holiday shopping season, especially during the Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales. Regularly $50, it will be $24 or...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Shut Up and Take My Money: Echo Show 5
For those that have been hesitant to pick up an Echo Show due to the cost, Amazon has finally brought the MSRP of a Show under $100. Starting at a $90 MSRP, the Echo Show 5 features a 5.5-inch...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Amazon Fire TV Cube Review: Well, It Can Turn On Your TV
The Amazon Fire TV Cube, you might have heard, has had issues. Introduced in the summer, the Fire TV Cube—a hybrid of Amazon’s phenomenally successful Echo and its Fire TV streaming player—was marketed as the device that...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Goodbye Sonos? Echo devices just got multi-room audio for free
Announced earlier today in a press release, Amazon has added multi-room audio playback to all Echo hardware. This means you can synchronize music across multiple Amazon Echo devices in your home. The song you are playing in your kitchen...
- Posted 7 years ago
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Google & Walmart team up on voice ordering to take on Amazon’s Alexa
Starting in September, Walmart customers will be able to use Google Home devices to place orders using only their voice; quite similar to Amazon’s Alexa via Echo devices. In order to accomplish this, the nationwide retailer will make their products available...
- Posted 7 years ago
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Shut Up and Take My Money: $50 Echo Dot (2nd generation)
While Google preps to release their Echo-competitor, Amazon has made a move that might make the Google Home family of devices obsolete before it’s even released. Reducing the price on the Echo Dot by nearly half, Amazon has opened...
- Posted 8 years ago
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Amazon Prime Day hits July 12, Echo voice ordering gets better
Launching at midnight Pacific time on Tuesday, July 12, Amazon will crank up another day of sales that are exclusive to Prime members. In addition, Amazon will be launching pre-sale days starting on July 7 to offer a limited preview of...
- Posted 8 years ago
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Want a cheap Amazon Echo? Build one with a $40 Raspberry Pi
Interested in using the Alexa voice assistant on the Amazon Echo, but you don’t want to spend $180 to do it? An Amazon employee (Amit Jotwani) recently published a guide on creating your own homemade Amazon Echo using a $40...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Amazon Echo vs Amazon Tap vs Echo Dot: Gadgets Explained
Confused about all the new voice assistant gadgets that seem to be super popular on Amazon? Don’t worry, we can help you figure out which device will be best for you. Here’s a quick overview before we jump...
- Posted 9 years ago