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The best Amazon Alexa smart home deals during Prime Day 2024
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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Yellowstone hiker burned when she falls into scalding water near Old Faithful, park officials say
Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. — A New Hampshire woman suffered severe burns on her leg after hiking off-trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said.
The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New Hampshire, along with her husband and their leashed dog were walking off a designated trail near the Mallard Lake Trailhead on Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the water and suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg, park officials said. Her husband and the dog weren’t injured.
The woman was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho for treatment.
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Park visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in hydrothermal areas and exercise extreme caution. The ground in those areas is fragile and thin and there’s scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
Pets are allowed in limited, developed areas of Yellowstone park but are prohibited on boardwalks, hiking trails, in the backcountry and in thermal areas.
The incident is under investigation. The woman’s name wasn’t made public.
This is the first known thermal injury in Yellowstone in 2024, park officials said in a statement. The park had recorded 3.5 million visitors through August this year.
Hot springs have injured and killed more people in Yellowstone National Park than any other natural feature, the National Park Service said. At least 22 people have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around the 3,471-square-mile national park since 1890, park officials have said.
TRENTON, N.J. — Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has defeated Republican small businessman Carmen Bucco in a contest in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District that opened up because of the death of Rep. Donald Payne Jr. in April.
McIver will serve out the remainder of Payne’s term, which ends in January. She and Bucco will face a rematch on the November ballot for the full term.
McIver said in a statement Wednesday that she stands on the “shoulders of giants,” naming Payne as chief among them.
She cast ahead to the November election, saying the right to make reproductive health choices was on the ballot as well as whether the economy should benefit the wealthy or “hard working Americans.”
“I will fight because the purpose of politics and the purpose of our vote is to give the people of our communities and our nation a bold voice,” she said.
Bucco congratulated McIver on the victory in a statement but said he’s looking forward to the rematch in November.
“I am not going anywhere,” he said in an email. “We still have a second chance to make district 10 great again!”
Who are LaMonica McIver and Carmen Bucco?
McIver emerged as the Democratic candidate in a crowded field in the July special election. A member of the city council of New Jersey’s biggest city since 2018, she also worked for Montclair Public Schools as a personnel director and plans to focus on affordability, infrastructure, abortion rights and “protecting our democracy,” she told The Associated Press earlier this summer.
Bucco describes himself on his campaign website as a small-business owner influenced by his upbringing in the foster system. He lists support for law enforcement and ending corruption as top issues.
The 10th District lies in a heavily Democratic and majority-Black region of northern New Jersey. Republicans are outnumbered by more than 6 to 1.
It’s been a volatile year for Democrats in New Jersey, where the party dominates state government and the congressional delegation.
Among the developments were the conviction on federal bribery charges of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who has denied the charges, and the demise of the so-called county party line — a system in which local political leaders give their preferred candidates favorable position on the primary ballot.
Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who’s running for Menendez’s seat, and other Democrats brought a federal lawsuit challenging the practice as part of his campaign to oust Menendez, who has resigned since his conviction.
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