By will-buy
Google and Amazon happen to be previewing their Black Friday deals for voice assistant-enabled devices before Black Friday, continuing to help make the idea of the vacation somewhat meaningless. The tech giants are clearly watching each other’s sales closely, with equivalent devices costing largely exactly the same. Despite Google ending its Conversational Actions in support of Android and all of the rumors of Amazon slashing Alexa’s developer numbers, there are plenty of new devices to purchase, and former iterations are even cheaper. Take a look at a few of the deals below.
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At Amazon, prices for that Echo group of devices are way below the usual price. The most recent form of the spherical Amazon Echo is half off, dropping to $50 from $100, as the smaller Echo Dot has dropped from $60 to $40, and the animal-skinned Echo Dot Kids Edition has fallen from $60 to $30. The sooner, hockey puck-shaped form of the Echo Dot, meanwhile, is now just $15.
Smart displays have similarly dropped in price. The Echo Show 8 costs $70 instead of $130, and the Echo Show 5 is $35 rather than $85 or comes bundled with an Echo Auto for $35 rather than $135. The most recent Echo Show 10 continues to be pricy at $170, but that’s still a 32% reduction in the standard $250. For those thinking about the biggest option, the Echo Show 15, the smart display is $170, down from $250.
At Google, the standard Nest Audio smart speaker is half off at $50 or is available in a two-pack for $89, and also the Nest Mini is $20 rather than $49. For smart displays, the Nest Hub is $50 instead of $100, and also the Nest Hub Max is for sale for $164 rather than $229.
