Cyber Monday sales are nearing an end with 36% OFF Amazon's Echo Dot smart speaker

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The Echo Dot is Amazon's slightly smaller version of the Echo smart speaker.

Amazon Echo Dot on counter
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You can often find some of the best smart speaker deals around the holidays, and this year's Cyber Monday sale is looking no different. As such, Amazon is currently offering 36% off the price of the latest Echo Dot.

The Echo Dot comes with a smaller overall design than the regular Echo speaker, though it still boasts a pretty loud volume as a smart speaker. Like most smart speakers, the device offers instant access to Amazon's Alexa voice assistant, seamlessly letting users cue up music on their favorite streaming services or control smart home devices such as lights, thermostats, and more.

Amazon Echo Dot:$49.99$31.99 at Amazon
36% OFF

Amazon Echo Dot: $49.99 $31.99 at Amazon

The Amazon Echo Dot just dropped 36% during Amazon's Cyber Monday sale, meaning it's currently just $31. The smart speaker is not only smaller than the regular Amazon Echo, but it also comes with a price tag that's $50 cheaper—even before this Cyber Monday deal came along.

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✅Recommended if: you're looking for a small countertop option for accessing smart home devices, Alexa's voice assistant, or music streaming across devices; you're looking to spend around $30-$50 on a smart speaker, and you don't want to upgrade to the larger Amazon Echo.

❌Skip this deal if: you'd prefer to upgrade to the higher-powered Amazon Echo, or another device, such as the Echo Studio or Sonos One; you're looking for a smart home device with a screen or other interface, rather than one that's just a speaker; you're looking for a smart speaker with industry-leading audio quality.

Amazon's Echo Dot boasts a small overall design that's easy to fit on counters and desktops, or just about anywhere in your home. While the smaller build than the regular Echo device does compromise a little on audio quality, sporting just a single forward-firing 1.73-inch speaker. Still, you can connect it to a second Echo Dot if you prefer stereo audio, or if you want to customize the audio you can utilize the EQ settings in the Alexa app.

While it may not be the best smart speaker from an audio perspective, given the smaller speaker, it's truthfully not much different from the regular Echo model otherwise. And it's hard to go wrong with a price tag of just over $30, especially if you don't need anything too terribly loud or high-quality.

Zachary David
Zachary David
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Zach has been covering Android, Apple, and other tech companies since 2020. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, KRON4 San Francisco, CleanTechnica, iPhoneinCanada, Android Central, and many other publications. When he isn't covering tech, you can find him drinking coffee, spending time outside, or watching classic movies with his cats.

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