Amazon’s Echo Spot alarm clock is on sale with a free color smart bulb
The Echo Spot is a smart alarm clock / speaker hybrid that’s $5 shy of its all-time low price. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
The clocks have fallen back an hour for many of us, and if it all feels a bit disorienting, you’re not alone. Thankfully, Amazon’s versatile Echo Spot is on sale to help you adjust. Normally $79.99, right now you can buy the smart alarm clock at Amazon in black, blue, or white with a free Globe Electric smart bulb for $49.99, which equates to $41.99 in savings. That’s just $5 shy of the all-time low we saw during Amazon’s recent Prime Day event.
Amazon’s speedy smart speaker can be set up so that it gently wakes you up with music instead of typical alarm clock sounds, which can be jarring. The Spot is also a lot more useful than your run-of-the-mill clock, as it offers a customizable 2.83-inch screen that displays helpful info (including the weather and music playback). However, unlike Amazon’s larger smart displays, the latest Spot doesn’t push on-screen ads and lacks a camera, so there’s less of a privacy concern.
What makes the Spot particularly useful, though, is that it functions as an inexpensive Alexa speaker. That means you can use it to perform all kinds of tasks, from setting reminders to playing podcasts, audiobooks, and music. You can also use it to control other smart home devices with just your voice, including lights and smart thermostats. That’ll come in handy as the days get colder and darker — after all, no one wants to leave the warmth of their bed just to hit the lights.
Read our Echo Spot review.
A few other ways to save
The Fitbit Charge 6 is down to an all-time low of $94.95 ($65 off) at Macy’s in multiple colors. The high-end tracker offers all the standard health and fitness features you’d expect, along with sensors for tracking things like stress. However, unlike the prior model, it also supports Google Wallet and turn-by-turn navigations via Google Maps. It even offers a color OLED display and can broadcast your heart rate on select Bluetooth gym equipment.
Samsung’s Music Frame is down to a new low price of around $248 ($150 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. The mountable, 12.9 x 12.9-inch picture frame functions as a wired Bluetooth speaker that works over Wi-Fi, one with support for Dolby Atmos, Alexa, and Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant. You can insert physical photographs or art prints, too, and if you own one of Samsung’s new TVs or soundbars, you can even pair them with the Frame for a surround sound experience.
You can buy Amazon’s new Fire HD 8 at Amazon and Best Buy with ads and 32GB of storage for a new low of $54.99, down from $99.99. Unlike its predecessor, the new budget-friendly tablet offers 3GB of RAM (up from 2GB) and generative AI-powered tools, including a feature that can polish your writing and another that summarizes webpages. Otherwise, though, it’s pretty similar to its predecessor, with an identical eight-inch 1280 x 800 LCD display and up to 13 hours of battery life.
The Echo Spot is a smart alarm clock / speaker hybrid that’s $5 shy of its all-time low price. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
The clocks have fallen back an hour for many of us, and if it all feels a bit disorienting, you’re not alone. Thankfully, Amazon’s versatile Echo Spot is on sale to help you adjust. Normally $79.99, right now you can buy the smart alarm clock at Amazon in black, blue, or white with a free Globe Electric smart bulb for $49.99, which equates to $41.99 in savings. That’s just $5 shy of the all-time low we saw during Amazon’s recent Prime Day event.
Amazon’s speedy smart speaker can be set up so that it gently wakes you up with music instead of typical alarm clock sounds, which can be jarring. The Spot is also a lot more useful than your run-of-the-mill clock, as it offers a customizable 2.83-inch screen that displays helpful info (including the weather and music playback). However, unlike Amazon’s larger smart displays, the latest Spot doesn’t push on-screen ads and lacks a camera, so there’s less of a privacy concern.
What makes the Spot particularly useful, though, is that it functions as an inexpensive Alexa speaker. That means you can use it to perform all kinds of tasks, from setting reminders to playing podcasts, audiobooks, and music. You can also use it to control other smart home devices with just your voice, including lights and smart thermostats. That’ll come in handy as the days get colder and darker — after all, no one wants to leave the warmth of their bed just to hit the lights.
Read our Echo Spot review.
A few other ways to save
The Fitbit Charge 6 is down to an all-time low of $94.95 ($65 off) at Macy’s in multiple colors. The high-end tracker offers all the standard health and fitness features you’d expect, along with sensors for tracking things like stress. However, unlike the prior model, it also supports Google Wallet and turn-by-turn navigations via Google Maps. It even offers a color OLED display and can broadcast your heart rate on select Bluetooth gym equipment.
Samsung’s Music Frame is down to a new low price of around $248 ($150 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. The mountable, 12.9 x 12.9-inch picture frame functions as a wired Bluetooth speaker that works over Wi-Fi, one with support for Dolby Atmos, Alexa, and Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant. You can insert physical photographs or art prints, too, and if you own one of Samsung’s new TVs or soundbars, you can even pair them with the Frame for a surround sound experience.
You can buy Amazon’s new Fire HD 8 at Amazon and Best Buy with ads and 32GB of storage for a new low of $54.99, down from $99.99. Unlike its predecessor, the new budget-friendly tablet offers 3GB of RAM (up from 2GB) and generative AI-powered tools, including a feature that can polish your writing and another that summarizes webpages. Otherwise, though, it’s pretty similar to its predecessor, with an identical eight-inch 1280 x 800 LCD display and up to 13 hours of battery life.