Amazon just cut the price on our favorite entry-level smart speaker
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If you're a newbie to the big, wide world of smart tech, chances are, you probably want to start off with something easy. Enter: the Echo Dot (3rd Generation). It's our favorite entry-level smart speaker, and even better, it's on sale for one of its lowest prices ever right now.
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Regularly $49.99, you can currently get the Echo Dot (3rd Generation) for $29.99. Nope, you're not imagining things: For a limited time, you can snag one for yourself for $20 off, which is sensational. It's not the all-time lowest price we've ever seen for it—it briefly dropped to $22 last year around Black Friday—but this is still an amazing offer, especially when you consider all that you're getting.
The Echo Dot (3rd Generation) is a wonderful investment when it comes to smart speakers, even if you're a smart tech novice. Our writers Sarah Kovac and Yael Grauer, who recently reviewed it, enjoyed the new features boasted in the 3rd gen model, which include a fully visible numerical display screen (previous models did not have this), a louder speaker and more color options.
The Echo Dot (3rd Generation) still comes with all the nifty stuff that folks loved in the previous two incarnations too, like audio playback and Bluetooth connectivity. As a whole, this smart speaker is designed to give you access to everything that's great about Alexa—like having your own voice assistant to order stuff online or set appointment reminders—at a more affordable price than other popular picks in the same category, i.e., the Amazon Echo Show 5 (on sale for $59.99 instead of its usual $89.99).
The only downside to this device (don't worry, it is minor) is the sound quality. Our testers noted that it does have noticeable lower-quality audio playback when compared to some other smart speakers in Amazon's lineup, like the aforementioned Echo Show 5. Thankfully, the Dot 3 comes with a 3.5-millimeter input on the back, so you can connect it to an existing speaker to boost it should you want to.
Get the Echo Dot 3 for $29.99 (Save $20)
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Prices were accurate at the time this article was published but may change over time.