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Amazon's heavy hitter has been overhauled with a focus on quality and volume. When people say they have an Amazon Echo, they almost always mean they have an Echo Dot. The cheapest of the Echo family regularly drops into stocking-stuffer price points, which allowed for these speakers to quickly rise in popularity over the last two years. But popularity doesn't necessarily mean quality, and the competition quickly moved to make mini speakers with better speakers and a more visually pleasing design. Amazon, now on the third generation of its Echo product line, has responded with a new Dot. And at first glance, it looks an awful lot like Amazon is reacting to the competition. After a few days of using it, and seeing how much better this new speaker is over its predecessor, I think the only company Amazon is competing with is itself. Crank up the volume Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) $30 at Amazon A worthy upgrade in almost every way. Amazon's Echo Dot has grown up quite a

Good audio player; great music service. There are a ton of great deals going on right now for Prime Day 2020 , but not all of them are as much of an impulse buy as this Echo Auto and Amazon Music Unlimited deal is. You see, the Echo Auto normally retails for $50 itself, so right away, you're getting an Alexa-enabled device for more than half-off — not too shabby! But the real steal here is the six months of the Amazon Music Unlimited streaming service thrown in for free! For non-Prime members, six months of Amazon Music Unlimited would cost over $60, and even if you're a Prime member, you're looking at almost $50 for six months or around $80 for 12 months. That alone pays for this deal multiple times over! Along for the ride Amazon Echo Auto with 6 months of Amazon Music Unlimited $20 at Amazon Alexa is your copilot The Echo Auto brings Alexa functionality to any car, and this deal throws in one of the best deals in streaming with six months of free access to Am

The Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition is a nifty little bundle, but did you know that you can turn any Amazon Echo into a Kids Edition version? If you have an old Echo speaker that you'd like to give your child — or a spare Echo Dot that you picked up in an Amazon bundle — then you can make it act just like a Kids Edition. It doesn't require any extra hardware, and it'll take you mere minutes to complete. Products used in this guide Affordable Echo speaker: Echo Dot (3rd Gen) ($40 at Amazon) Parental controls, child entertainment: Amazon Kids+ ($3-$10/mo at Amazon) Set up Amazon Kids+ on an Amazon Echo Amazon recently changed the name of its FreeTime and FreeTime Unlimited service to Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids+. We use both interchangeably here because both terms can still be found in some of Amazon's marketing materials. Open the Amazon Alexa app. Tap the Devices tab at the bottom of the screen. Tap Echo & Alexa in at the top left of the screen. T

Amazon offers a wide range of parental controls to help you oversee the content and the amount of time your child has access to all of the wondrous things they can do with Alexa. Usually parental controls can be a hassle to setup and edit, but Amazon made it as painless as possible by including the creation of your child's FreeTime Profile during the Echo Dot Kids Edition's initial setup. How do you change the settings though once everything is setup? We're here to show you how to set up and use FreeTime Unlimited on an Echo Dot Kids Edition or other Amazon Echo device. Products used in this guide Just for kids: Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition (3rd Gen) ($35 at Amazon) Parental peace of mind: Amazon FreeTime Unlimited ($3-$10/month at Amazon) How to access Amazon Parent Dashboard for FreeTime/Kids+ NOTE: Amazon recently changed the name of its FreeTime and FreeTime Unlimited service to Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids+. We use both interchangeably here because both te

Echo Dot (3rd Gen) Kids Edition Echo Dot (3rd Gen) Kids Edition, an Echo designed for kids with parental controls - Blue List Price: $69.99 With Deal: $39.99 You Save: $30.00 (43%) Designed with kids in mind - They can ask Alexa to play music, hear stories, call approved friends and family, and explore a world of kid-friendly skills. Buy from USA Buy from UK .

You probably already have some kind of Amazon Echo device in your home, be it the Echo Dot, Echo Input, or even the full-sized Echo, and while chatting with Alexa is fun and all, if you don't have an Amazon Music Unlimited subscription, you're seriously missing out on one of the best features the devices have to offer: music streaming. Amazon usually offers just one free month for those looking to try out Music Unlimited, but new members can score three months of service absolutely free for a limited time. Tens of millions of songs, exclusive Alexa voice features and programs, unlimited skips and ad-free programming are just a few of Amazon Music Unlimited's features. You can even download songs for offline listening. Best of all, the Amazon Music application is available to download on your computer, smartphone, tablet, and even some smart TVs so you can listen wherever, whenever. The service is affordably priced at $7.99 monthly for Amazon Prime members or $9.99