Adding a smart speaker to your home can add a world of convenience to your life. Setting timers, building routines, or queuing up a favorite song at a moments notice, completely hands free, is something you can get used to quickly. Plus, the Amazon Echo Dot happens to be on sale for a pretty affordable price. Normally, you’d find Amazon’s Alexa-enabled smart speaker selling for $80, but this limited-time deal has brought the price down to just $55. That works out to being 31% off. You’ll be able to save yourself $15 while the deal is still active.
Certainly my most used feature on the Echo Dot is playing music. Being in the kitchen, cooking up dinner while your hands are greasy, but suddenly the song “9 to 5” by the late, great Dolly Parton works it’s way into your head. Just ask Alexa to play Dolly Parton and it will do it. No need to stop the task at hand or even reach for wherever your phone is.
If you have a home filled with smart devices, an Echo Dot’s capabilities expand even further. You can use the smart speaker to do more by controlling the dim level or colors of your smart lights. Use it to communicate with someone at the door via your smart doorbell. Change the temperature on your smart thermostat without having to get up from the couch. The more smart stuff you have, the more smart stuff you can do with your Echo Dot.
Mesh Wi-Fi Support
Perhaps one of the most useful yet overlooked functions of the Echo Dot is that it can also serve as a Wi-Fi range extender. If you’re using routers by eero, Amazon’s home networking brand name, then you can add this Echo Dot as another piece of the puzzle. The Echo Dot’s built-in mesh Wi-Fi can add up to 1,000 sq. ft. of coverage to your existing eero network. This can help to eliminate dead zones in your home to do away with spotty internet.
Amazon has the Echo Dot in three stylish colors to best match your home decor. You can choose either charcoal, deep sea blue, or glacier white. You can even find the Echo Dot in some fun kid-friendly designs like that depicting an owl or dragon as well as a stardust or rainbow swirl pattern. All of these Echo Dots are on sale for just $55 so you can pick out your favorite knowing you’re still getting the best deal.
