Amazon on Monday introduced a brand new $79 Echo Spot alarm clock with a revamped design and improved audio high quality.
The corporate added a show the place customers can examine the time, climate or see what track is taking part in. Amazon additionally put a greater speaker within the entrance of the system. It mentioned it delivers clearer vocals and deeper bass.
It marks the primary improve to the system since Amazon launched the Echo Spot in 2017. The earlier model, which Amazon priced at $129, additionally featured a semicircle design, nevertheless it had a full-size show and a digital camera.
Amazon mentioned members of its $139-per-year Prime program can buy the brand new Echo Spot for $44.99 by July 17, when it’s operating its Prime Day megasale.
Amazon is updating the Echo Spot as it’s anticipated to overtake Alexa, the voice assistant that powers its good audio system, CNBC beforehand reported. The corporate usually makes a slew of bulletins round its Echo and Alexa traces at its fall occasion, often held in September.
