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The best Amazon Alexa smart home deals during Prime Day 2024
Is your house a smart home? It can be with Amazon Alexa devices. They come in a range of different form factors and offer tons of features ranging from voice-controlled assistance and home automation to high quality audio and entertainment. Amazon Prime Day 2024 is here, which means now’s the perfect time to snag some deals on both new and old.
Whether you’re looking for a smart speaker to fill your room with immersive sound or a smart display to keep you connected and entertained, Amazon has plenty of Alexa products ready to place inside your home – all at great discounts.
With so many Amazon Alexa products on offer during Prime Day, it’s the perfect opportunity to transform your living space into a smart, connected home. But act fast, as we always like to say. These deals won’t be around for long. If you see something you like, be sure to jump on it before it’s gone.
Amazon Echo Show 5: $50 (Save $40)
Looking for a large and in charge display you can place in your living room or kitchen? This is one of Amazon’s newest products and an updated version of the current Echo Show 5. It comes with an updated speaker system and mic array for clearer sound quality and added bass.
You get a large, 5.5-inch screen with a 2-megapixel camera that’s great for video calling as well as the choice of black, blue, or white. All three are currently discounted, so you can choose the one that works the best in your home.
Right now, the Echo Show 5 is just $50, which is $40 off its normal price.
Amazon Echo Show 15: $220 (Save $60)
With its expansive 15.6-inch display and the ability to be mounted on a wall, the Echo Show 15 is perfect for streaming, keeping in touch with family, and more thanks to its generously-sized screen.
Its high-resolution 1080p display is much more immersive in comparisont o smaller Echo Show models. Since it integrates Amazon’s Fire TV functionality, it’s essentially a full-fledged smart TV in a compact factor, which makes it a great option for smaller homes in need of an additional display.
Of course, it’s also a great home assistant, with Alexa available to answer questions and control smart home devices with voice commands. It even comes with an Alexa voice remote control, offering an alternative to voice commands for those who prefer a more traditional input method.
You can grab this display for just $220 right now, which is $60 off its normal price of $280.
Amazon Echo Spot: $45 ($35 off)
Not interested in a display or a speaker so much as an alarm clock? Amazon has you covered there, too. This new addition to the Alexa lineup makes it easier to wake up each day by giving you plenty of info as soon as you open your eyes: the time, weather, song titles, smart home devices and everything else you need to know.
It has bright, clear sound that’s great for music, podcasts or audiobooks, however you want to navigate your day. You can even set up an Alexa routine to wake you up with a combination of these things as well as light to acclimate you to the morning rays. Plus, you can use it as a hub to control all your smart devices.
If you’re looking for an affordable smart alarm clock with all the functionality of an Echo device, don’t sleep on this Prime member deal, which makes it just $45, 44% off its normal price of $80.
Amazon Echo Show 8: $85 ($65 off)
The Amazon Echo Show 8 is a smaller but versatile smart display that offers a wide range of features and capabilities, much like the Echo Show 10. It may be smaller, but it still packs a punch since you can use it to issue commands to Alexa, control your smart home devices, stream shows and movies and call family members.
While this unit’s smaller screen size may not offer the same level of immersion as some of Amazon’s larger display, it’s still easy to use and has the same functionality as the bigger versions.
Another difference lies in the speaker quality. The Echo Show 8’s speaker is smaller than that of the Echo Show 10, which means it’s a bit quieter and less booming. But it still sounds great for a compact size.
Right now, you can get it for $65 off, which makes the Echo Show 8 just $85.
Amazon Echo Pop: $18 ($22 off)
The Echo Pop is a fun-sized addition to Amazon’s Echo speaker family that packs a serious punch. It may look like someone took a regular Echo and sliced it right down the middle, but don’t let its size fool you – it’s loaded with plenty of features.
The Echo Pop is your go-to companion for all things music, smart home control, and more. It can play your favorite songs, adjust your smart lights or run the Alexa skills you need most.
This speaker comes in a bunch of fun colors like lavender, teal, white and charcoal. It’s a cute little speaker that’s definitely worth less than $20, as it’s $22 off its normal price of $40.
Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen): $25 ($25 off)
This affordable smart speaker is the most recent addition to its lineup, its upgraded audio, built-in temperature sensor, and even some slick Eero Wi-Fi integration (but you’ll need a compatible Eero setup to get in on that action).
The Echo Dot is like your personal assistant, DJ, and smart-home maestro all rolled into one compact package. Just give it a holler, and it’ll be ready to control your connected devices, make hands-free calls, spin your favorite tunes, or even wake you up in the morning (because who needs a rooster when you’ve got Alexa?).
And because style matters, Amazon’s serving up the Echo Dot in three fresh colors. So whether you’re into a classic charcoal, a soothing glacier white, or a bold deep sea blue, there’s an Echo Dot to match your vibe. Get ready to level up your smart home game with this mighty little speaker that’s big on personality.
Amazon Echo Glow: $17 ($13 off)
Whether you have kids or you’re a kid at heart, the Echo Glow is a fun smart lamp that can pair with Alexa. It can be configured to glow in a variety of different colors, hence its name.
Set up custom lighting to help your kids wind down for the night, or program gentle wake-up scenes that gradually brighten their room in the morning. It’s the best way to set up a comforting bedtime that they’ll actually look forward to getting cozy with.
This speaker is also a great tool for kids to explore content they enjoy too. They can listen to music, kid-friendly stories, and more while checking out light shows. And it’s a good time to go ahead and grab one while it’s less than $20 right now. Scoop one up for just $17, which is $13 off its normal price of $30 for Prime Day.
Amazon Echo Auto: $25 ($30 off)
The Echo Auto is a handy device that can bring Alexa to your car. It’s a gadget that mounts onto your car’s air vent and connects to its stereo system so you can use Alexa while you drive.
Equipped with eight microphones, the Echo Auto can hear your voice commands over background noise like music or road sounds. This means you can keep your focus on the road while asking Alexa to help with various tasks, such as navigation, listening to music or making phone calls.
You can also use navigation apps, stream music and make hands-free calls. It’s easy to set up and works with most cars.
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Explosion at Louisville plant leaves 11 employees injured
At least 11 employees were taken to hospitals and residents were urged to shelter in place on Tuesday after an explosion at a Louisville, Kentucky, business.
The Louisville Metro Emergency Services reported on social media a “hazardous materials incident” at 1901 Payne St., in Louisville. The address belongs to a facility operated by Givaudan Sense Colour, a manufacturer of food colorings for soft drinks and other products, according to officials and online records.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said emergency teams responded to the blast around 3 p.m. News outlets reported that neighbors heard what sounded like an explosion coming from the business. Overhead news video footage showed an industrial building with a large hole in its roof.
“The cause at this point of the explosion is unknown,” Greenberg said in a news conference. No one died in the explosion, he added.
Greenberg said officials spoke to employees inside the plant. “They have initially conveyed that everything was normal activity when the explosion occurred,” he said.
The Louisville Fire Department said in a post on the social platform X that multiple agencies were responding to a “large-scale incident.”
The Louisville Metro Emergency Services first urged people within a mile of the business to shelter in place, but that order was lifted in the afternoon. An evacuation order for the two surrounding blocks around the site of the explosion was still in place Tuesday afternoon.
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Aga Khan emerald, world’s most expensive green stone, fetches record $9 million at auction
A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly $9 million at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive green stone.
Sold by Christie’s, the Cartier diamond and emerald brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant, dethrones a piece of jewelry made by the fashion house Bulgari, which Richard Burton gave as a wedding gift to fellow actor Elizabeth Taylor, as the most precious emerald.
In 1960, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan commissioned Cartier to set the emerald in a brooch with 20 marquise-cut diamonds for British socialite Nina Dyer, to whom he was briefly married.
Dyer then auctioned off the emerald to raise money for animals in 1969.
By chance that was Christie’s very first such sale in Switzerland on the shores of Lake Geneva, with the emerald finding its way back to the 110th edition this year.
It was bought by jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels before passing a few years later into the hands of Harry Winston, nicknamed the “King of Diamonds.”
“Emeralds are hot right now, and this one ticks all the boxes,” said Christie’s EMEA Head of Jewellery Max Fawcett. “…We might see an emerald of this quality come up for sale once every five or six years.”
Also set with diamonds, the previous record-holder fetched $6.5 million at an auction of part of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor’s renowned jewelry collection in New York.