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It’s not even Black Friday yet, and Amazon is already discounting prices on some its best-selling Alexa enabled smart home gizmos.
If you need to add a smart speaker to your setup, want to upgrade your streaming TV options, or get in early with the Christmas shopping, now could well be time to fill your shopping basket.
Here’s our top five Amazon device smart buys right now…
Echo Buds
Looking for a pair of True Wireless ear buds, with Active Noise Cancellation? Amazon has just lopped £30 off its second generation Echo Buds, bringing them down to £79.99. Noise cancellation at this price point is quite a bonus, and it makes a massive difference when you’re on your daily commute.
Buy it: Echo Buds (2nd generation) | £79.99 from Amazon (was £109.99)
These second gen buds are much smaller and more comfortable than Amazon’s first effort. Battery life is good at five hours, with 15 hours more stored in the case, so you can be sure they’ll be charged for your return journey home. There’s also voice assistant support, not just with Alexa, but Google Assistant and Siri.
Fire TV Stick 4K
With the new Fire TV 4K Max taking top spot in Amazon’s streaming HDMI stick range, it’s quietly slashed the price of its standard 4K streamer to just £34.99.
Buy it: Fire TV Stick 4K | £34.99 from Amazon (was £49.99)
There’s support for Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos, as well as HDR10+, and comes with a microphone to talk to Alexa, built-in. I reckon it’s a great value streaming upgrade for any 4K TV.
Echo Dot
This Echo Dot is unlike any of its predecessors, adopting a rather cool spherical design, which relocates its lighting ring around the base. It sounds larger too, although it only uses a 1.6-inch speaker driver.
Buy it: Echo Dot (4th Gen) | £29.99 from Amazon (was £49.99)
There’s also has a 3.5mm jack out, so you can connect it to a standalone Hi-Fi system, if you want to route streaming audio through your big boy speakers…
Echo Show 8
Combine an Amazon Echo smart speaker with an 8-inch screen, and you’ll get the Echo Show 8. Brilliant for following recipes, catching up on Squid Game, or even monitoring connected security cameras, the Echo Show is currently on sale for £59.99, representing a £40 saving off the usual.
Buy it: Echo Show (1st Gen) | £59.99 from Amazon (was £99.99)
You can also use it for video calls, or read lyrics from Amazon Music HD. Who said karaoke is dead?
Fire HD tablet
Finally, why not sort the kids Christmas pressie early, with this tempting deal on an 8-inch Amazon Fire tablet? You can pick one up for £84.99, that’s a £55 saving off the norm.
Buy it: Fire HD 8 Kids Pro | £84.99 from Amazon (£139.99)
It’s suitable for children between 6-12; it comes in a Kid-Friendly case, with a 1-year subscription to Amazon Kids+, so you can install loads of age appropriate apps, games, books and videos. And if the little ‘uns ask, it features 2 GB of RAM, an HD display and has dual cameras.
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