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It’s never been cheaper to put a voice-activated digital assistant in your home (if that’s the sort of thing you want to do). Amazon’s selling 2nd-gen Echo Dot smart speakers for $20 today, which is the lowest price to date (matching Amazon’s Black Friday pricing).
Or you can buy a 3rd-gen Echo Dot for $30 (or a 2-pack for $50).
Prefer Google Assistant? Google is selling the Google Home Mini for $29, and Best Buy is offering its Insignia Voice speaker with Google Assistant for just $20.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Smart Speakers
- Amazon Echo Dot (2nd-gen) for $20 – Amazon
- Insignia Voice Bluetooth speaker w/Google Assistant for $20 – Best Buy
- Google Home Mini for $29 – Google Store
- Amazon Echo Dot (3rd-gen) for $30 – Amazon
- Amazon Echo Dot (3rd-gen) 2-pack for $50 – Amazon (price in cart)
- Free Google Home Mini w/select Chromebooks ($299 and up) – Best Buy
Laptops
- Lenovo S330 14″ Chromebook w/MT8173c/4GB/32GB for $179 – Walmart
- HP 14″ Chromebook w/Celeron N3350/4GB/32GB for $249 – Best Buy
- MSI GF63 15.6″ laptop w/Core i5-8300H/GTX 1050/8GB/256GB for $599 – B&H
- Microsoft Surface Laptop (1st-gen) w/Core i5-7200U/8GB?256GB for $880 – Woot
- Microsoft Surface Book 2 for $1299 and up – Microsoft Store
Tablets
- Amazon Fire HD 10 for $100 and up – Amazon
- Amazon Fire HD 8 for $60 and up – Amazon
Headphones
- BÖHM Wireless On-Ear Headphones w/active noise cancellation for $39 – A4C
- Sony WH-CH700N wireless noise-cancelling over-ear headphones for $100 – Best Buy
Storage
- ADATA 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive for $9 – Newegg (coupon: EMCEREE45)
- WD EasyStore 2TB portable USB 3.0 hard drive for $60 – Best Buy
Digital Media
From sales and ‘comes-free-with’ offers both this year and last I have now accumulated quite a few of these smart speakers. Google is my own choice. I went from one the first year the full size Home came out to two when they went on sale the next to now so many Mini units that they cover the entire house pretty much.
They are in every bedroom – replacing more than one alarm clock. They are near every seating area. Basically in any place people might spend any length of time in the house.
I admit I’ve gotten so used to them that I have sometimes been at a friend or family member’s house and unthinkingly just said ‘hey Google’ when I wanted to get some info. Nobody gives me the info but everyone looks at me and some people laugh.
So this year I picked up a few for gifts too.
A few off hand conversations and questions during the last few months to weed out potential religious objections or tin-foil-hat worries and my plan was set. Within a couple weeks I will spread this helpful virus to at least three or four more homes beyond my own.
That’s progress for you.