Engadget

MARCH 31, 2025

It's the last day of Amazon's week-long Big Spring Sale , and while the event has mostly focused on things like apparel and outdoor goods, it still does include a few noteworthy deals on electronics. As a reminder, you dont need to be an Amazon Prime subscriber to see most of the price drops. Also at Anker.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

at Amazon $399.98 Make calls, send texts, listen to music, and even use your watch as a remote to take photos. SAVE $69.99: As of March 13, get the Samsung Galaxy Watch7 for $329.99 at Samsung. Plus, get a free watch band ($70 value) with your purchase. Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung Galaxy Watch7 $329.99

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The Verge

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Netflix gift card from Amazon , Target, Best Buy , or Walmart. YouTube gift card from Amazon. Amazon Prime gift membership. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Consider a Spotify gift card for the music lover in your life. For music-lovers. YouTube TV.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Nest Audio smart speaker | Photo: Dan Seifert / The Verge. Google has announced that Apple Music is now available on smart speakers and displays that use the Google Assistant, including Google’s own line of Nest products, such as the new Nest Audio.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“By the way, I’m much more than just a voice-activated timer.” | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. If you regularly use an Alexa device, you’ve probably been upsold by Amazon’s assistant at some point. Bloomberg ’s report is based on internal Amazon docs, and features some interesting statistics about Alexa usage.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Problems with some Amazon Web Services cloud servers are causing slow loading or failures for significant chunks of the internet. Update December 7th, 12PM ET: Added additional information about outage and Amazon’s current status.

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2020

Photo by Brennan King / The Verge. If you’re in the market for a new smartphone and prefer Android over Apple, look no further; you can purchase Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Plus for $950 again today on Amazon ; $50 less than its smaller-screen sibling, the S20 5G. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. and 15 inches.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The first-gen Echo Show 8 is on sale at Amazon in the lead-up to Black Friday. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. If you’re looking to score a great deal on an Amazon device ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, you’re in luck. For your convenience, we’ve curated a list of the best deals currently to be had on Amazon devices.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Amazon announced a home robot called Astro during its fall hardware event today , September 28th, which is designed to serve as a helpful mobile assistant that can navigate around the main floor of your home. To start, Amazon asks you to indicate if your home has certain physical features or layouts.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Simply say, “Alexa, move my music to [desired group],” and you can transfer your podcast, radio show, or music to the room that you plan on spending time in. There’s another way to have your audio follow you throughout your house, but you’ll have to pause your music to do so.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2021

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge. If you’re hunting for a set of truly wireless earbuds that offer great sound quality, active noise cancellation, IPX7 water resistance, a comfy fit, and other handy features, Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro are at an especially good price today on Amazon.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Photo by Joshua Yospyn/For The Washington Post via Getty Images. Amazon Music has signed an exclusive deal with NPR to distribute Guy Raz’s How I Built This podcast a week before any other platform starting in March. This deal mimics others from Amazon.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Photo: Amazon. Amazon is developing a thin Echo device for users to mount on their walls and use as a “smart home command center,” according to a report in Bloomberg. It’s being designed by Amazon’s Lab126 hardware division, and it may be offered in multiple variants with different screen sizes.

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The Verge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Photo by Alexander Kramer for The Verge. Amazon and B&H Photo have each knocked $80 from the base model’s normal $1,299 price. Looking to change your music streaming service or jump onto one for the first time? At checkout, you’ll pay $1,219, which is just $20 more than the lowest price yet.

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2021

Photo credit should read JULIO CESAR AGUILAR/AFP via Getty Images. The current mix, produced by the younger Martin in 2017, was made with Dolby Atmos theaters in mind, rather than personal listening via services like Apple Music. The Beatles seminal Sgt. I’m gonna replace it,” the said the two time Grammy winner to Rolling Stone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Make sure you promote them in a way that is both effective and appealing, with clear descriptions and attractive photos. Viewing films at home has been popularized by services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu. It’s possible to add live entertainment to your fundraising events, and it doesn’t have to be just music.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

I think of it as an appliance for Amazon’s services. The prices Amazon charges for Fire tablets are another hint that you could think of them as part of a different category than the iPad. But, if in addition to the cost of the tablet you also pay $120 a year for Amazon Prime, the Fire HD gets a lot more interesting.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Amazon’s Astro home robot | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Amazon’s long-awaited home robot is here In the fall of 1962, TV-watching audiences were invited to meet the Jetsons, a space-dwelling, flying-car-driving family from the future and their dog, Astro. The Astro is an attempt to combine a number of Amazon’s strengths.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This Echo Show on the wall is the fairest of them all, but it’s not that smart The original idea for Amazon’s Echo Show was a large, screen-based device that would offer up relevant, glanceable information for the modern family, replacing outdated devices like bulletin boards, paper calendars, and sticky notes on the fridge.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If you don't need new headphones, we're also seeing discounts on Peacock and Apple Music subscriptions, our favorite robot vacuum and microSD card for those on a budget, Sonos speakers and more. If you just want a single speaker for enjoying music at home, it remains a decent value at less than $200. The Samsung Evo Select.

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The Verge

JANUARY 28, 2022

Photo by Gary Miller/FilmMagic. Young implores his fans to “go to a new place that truly cares about music quality.” Since his exit from Spotify, competing services like Apple Music have seized the opportunity to advertise Young’s catalog. Even after departing the platform , Neil Young isn’t done criticizing Spotify yet.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Amazon discounted most of its Echo and Fire TV devices earlier this week , and those deals are still going strong. These come with a six-month free trial of Amazon Music Unlimited.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Amazon says the Show 10’s ability to move makes it easier to follow a recipe with it. Around the display is a chunky bezel, which isn’t a problem I will care about until Amazon comes out with a model that has a thinner, more modern bezel that immediately makes this one look silly.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images. The company’s launching a new Music Mode that could make it a better place to play — and listen — to live music, ahead of Amazon’s reported entry into that space, and as Twitter has begun rolling out “ticketed spaces” where musicians could host shows as well.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Amazon’s new home robot Astro has been spotted in the wild. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Photos and videos of Amazon’s home robot Astro in the real world have begun to emerge as early adopters of the invite-only smart home gadget start to play around with their new bot. Photo by Matthew Nereim / Bloomberg.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. The Sonos Move smart speaker is $100 off at retailers like Best Buy , B&H Photo and Amazon today only, bringing the cost from $400 to a more reasonable $300. To switch between the modes, just tap a button on the back of the Move. It supports Alexa and Google Assistant voice assistants.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

Photo by Neil Godwin/Future Publishing via Getty Images. It characterizes the work it’s done to provide Google’s music services and Assistant voice assistant technology on Sonos products as “significant assistance in designing, implementing, and testing.”. We had it ready, we showed it to Google and Amazon. Amazon said yes.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. These have been selling for $150 throughout Black Friday, but this early Cyber Monday deal is live now at Amazon. The Galaxy Buds Plus dropped another $10 at Amazon, down to $100 from their original $150 price. Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge. The G5 15 SE playing Valorant.

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2021

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Amazon is working to solve a frustration with smart home speakers by introducing a feature called Adaptive Volume, which will make Alexa respond louder if it detects that you’re in a noisy environment.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Amazon’s second-gen Echo Show 8 provides access to the same Alexa abilities as Amazon’s Echo speakers, and is a great gift that can serve a variety of use cases. Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge. A few gifts that (should) arrive on time.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

This week in AI, Amazon announced that it’ll begin tapping generative AI to “enhance” product reviews. I’m not going to make the case that Amazon reviews are a form of high art. Image Credits: Amazon Take Amazon user “Sweet Home’s” review of J. Sounds like a useful feature, no?

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Feb. Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Feb. Here are our picks for the best Amazon deals of the day. at Amazon $299.00 Usually $299, you can slash 23% off and pick up a pair in any color variety for just $229 at Amazon as of Feb. at Amazon $999.99

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The Verge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge. Photo editors can get Photoshop (the best-known photo manipulation software that’s widely used by professionals) and Lightroom (for image processing) for $9.99 Spotify Premium (which gets rid of ads and allows you to play music offline) costs $9.99 Amazon Music. Never fear.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

That’s $50 in savings on one of the best high-capacity storage solutions for photos, movies, music, and backups. at Amazon $279.99 That is enough to store millions of photos, thousands of hours of video or your entire gaming library in one place. SAVE $50: As of Feb. this external drive is an absolute beast.

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The Verge

MARCH 6, 2021

Just like the Move, it will support voice commands for either Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. Connecting to both at once will allow you to play a song from your phone or another device nearby to the Roam over Bluetooth — and that music can then also be played across the rest of your Sonos multi-room system. Measuring 6.5

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The Verge

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The Fire TV Cube is the most capable of Amazon’s streaming devices, and can act as an Echo speaker and control some home entertainment gear. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge. Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant, has turned another year old, and to celebrate, several Echo and Fire TV products have been discounted to their lowest prices.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

If you’re attracted by the goodies being offered, but you haven’t signed up for Amazon Prime, don’t worry — Amazon makes it very easy. (As Besides giving access to Prime Day bargains, Amazon has come up with a bunch of features to entice people to sign up to its Prime service. Here’s how to sign up. Choose a plan.

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