You can now get Amazon’s best-sounding Echo Dot yet for half its price, and you don’t even need to wait for the next big sales day.
Down from $79.99 to $39.99, the Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen in Charcoal now saves you $40 or 50% on what Amazon calls its most popular smart speaker, and one that has been designed specifically for Alexa+.
Save $40 on the Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen, now $39.99
Amazon's Echo Dot 5th Gen has been cut to exactly half its usual price, dropping from $79.99 down to just $39.99.
Buyers clearly agree with that popularity, as it holds a 4.8-star rating from 2,836 reviews with 97% saying they would recommend it to a friend, and the $40 you keep could cover a smart bulb or plug to pair with it from day one.
Once that bulb is set up, built-in motion and temperature sensors let the Echo Dot trigger routines on its own, switching lights on the moment you walk into a room or playing music at a scheduled time each morning.
Music in those routines sounds fuller than on any previous Echo Dot, with the 1.73-inch front-firing speaker delivering clearer vocals and deeper bass across Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Audible, and Pandora, or anything streamed over Bluetooth.
A single tap on top pauses that music, ends a call, or snoozes your morning alarm, while Alexa handles hands-free timers, weather updates, and quick answers to questions while your hands are busy in the kitchen.
Beyond the kitchen, the Echo Dot links with other compatible Echo speakers for music throughout the house, joins a Fire TV for Alexa Home Theater sound, and acts as a Matter controller, with eero Built-in extending coverage on a compatible eero network.
Peace of mind comes built in too, with a microphone off button, the option to delete recordings just by asking Alexa, and guaranteed software security updates for at least four years after the Echo Dot 5th Gen is last sold new.
Whether you are starting a smart home or just want richer sound on the bedside table, a half-price Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen leaves $40 in hand for the bulbs and plugs that make it even more useful.
An audio upgrade on the previous model, the Amazon Echo Dot (5th generation) is now a capable music speaker, as well as a great smart speaker for smart home control and general enquiries. Overall, this is the best value smart speaker you can buy, although owners of the previous generation will struggle to justify the upgrade.
- Improved audio
- Looks great
- Improved tap controls
- No 3.5mm audio output