Six years ago, Amazon essentially created a new consumer electronics category. Expectations weren’t particularly high when the first Echo device debuted in November of 2014. Amazon, after all, has ...

Are you looking for a new smart speaker? You can't go wrong with the Amazon Echo Dot Max or Echo Studio. Both are new and on ...

This Amazon smart speaker is the cheapest price we've seen it, but we'd recommend this five-star alternative instead.

Tech giants Amazon and Google always save their annual hardware events for the fall, and in 2020, they fell in back-to-back weeks at the end of September. While Amazon's event packed at least a dozen ...

Amazon has new Echo speakers to sell you. And if you're wondering whether or not to ditch the old ones for these, the answer comes down to two key questions for Alexa, the personal assistant. This ...

Google Nest and Amazon announced new iterations of their smart speakers at their respective fall 2020 hardware events. With the release of both the Google Nest Audio and the Amazon Echo 4th generation ...

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Besides sporting a new round look, Amazon's updated fourth generation Echo speakers have something else going for them. Buy a pair for $200 and they make fabulous TV speakers. Without wires spread ...

Just as earlier reports suggested, Amazon revealed yet another updated version of its Echo smart speaker at its press conference in Seattle today. The big difference? Its focus on high-quality audio.

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Fall 2020 brought the launch of more smart speakers from major developers than ever before, with a new Google Nest speaker, Apple's new HomePod Mini and four new Amazon Echo devices. These devices are ...