Best Prime Day Echo device deals to shop in October 2024

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Amazon is hosting another Prime Day sales event on Tuesday and Wednesday, called Amazon Prime Big Deal Days. This sales event is a great opportunity to check items off your holiday shopping list and save some major dough on smart home devices.

Also: The best October Prime Day deals live now

Like other Amazon-branded devices, Echo speakers, smart displays, and other smart home peripherals see their biggest discounts of the year during Prime Day in July and October. These discounts are often bigger than the ones you'd find during both Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Read below for the best deals on Amazon Echo devices we've found so far.

Our favorite Amazon October Prime Day Echo device deals

Amazon Echo (4th gen for $55 (save $45): With a richer sound experience than the Echo Dot and Echo Pop, the Amazon Echo also doubles as a smart home hub, with Zigbee and Matter support.
Blink Video Doorbell System and Amazon Echo Pop for $58 (save $52): This system's Blink Doorbell includes a Sync Module, which adds local storage to your system to bypass monthly fees from a Blink Subscription Plan.
Echo Show 5 for $50 (save $40): The smaller Echo Show 5 is a five-inch high-definition smart display propped up by a speaker on the back.
Echo Dot Kids for $28 (save $32): Available in a dragon or owl theme, the Echo Dot Kids includes one year of Amazon Kids+.
Amazon Echo Buds for $25 (save $25): Echo Buds are Bluetooth earbuds with Alexa built-in so that you can talk to Alexa on the go, right in your ears.
Amazon Echo Frames (3rd gen) for $200 (save $100): These Echo Frames are smart glasses with Alexa built-in and blue light filtering lenses.
Amazon Echo Auto for $25 (save $30): If you've ever wanted Alexa while driving around in your car to ask it to turn on the lights before your arrival, the Echo Auto is perfect.
Echo Show 8 + Blink Video Doorbell bundle for $95 (save $115): This is an outstanding price for an Echo Show 8 with the compatible Blink Video Doorbell to show you the video feed on the smart display when someone rings the doorbell.
Carrera smart glasses with Alexa for $300 (save $90): A $120 discount is the biggest markdown we've seen thus far for these Carrera smart glasses with Alexa built-in, making this a great deal.
Echo Pop Kids for $23 (save $27): The kids' version of Amazon's most compact smart speaker features a Marvel Avengers or Disney Princess theme and six months of Amazon Kids+.
Amazon Echo Glow for $17 (save $13): The Echo Glow is a color-changing smart lamp that pairs with other Echo devices in your home for voice control.

Current price: $23
Original price: $50

The reliable Amazon Echo Dot is the perfect compact smart speaker to bring Alexa into your home. It's small enough to sit on your bedside table or living room mantle yet powerful enough to listen from across the room and deliver vibrant, room-filling sound.

Current price: $125
Original price: $180

The Amazon Echo Hub is a smart display for any smart home enthusiast. Think of it like your smart home control panel that'll make you feel like you're in a Jetsons episode. Because it has a single purpose, it doesn't show any ads or any suggestions like the Echo Show, only what you need: smart home control at your fingertips.

Review: Amazon's Echo Hub solved my biggest problem with being a smart home enthusiast

Current price: $18
Original price: $40

The compact Echo Pop is the smallest Amazon smart speaker. It's perfect for a dorm room, compact and unobtrusive enough to fit on a bookshelf or desk. With built-in Alexa, you can easily ask the virtual assistant questions or jokes or run smart home routines.

Review: A portable smart speaker for small spaces

Current price: $45
Original price: $80

After launching the Echo Spot to celebrate Prime Day in July, Amazon is offering a 44% discount through the October sales event. The new Echo Spot is a compact smart speaker with a small display showing the clock. It works like a traditional alarm clock, with the added AI bonus of built-in Alexa.

Current price: $85
Original price: $150

The Echo Show 8 is 43% off ahead of October Prime Day. Its 8-inch high-definition display makes this smart speaker my favorite kitchen companion, whether I'm watching videos on YouTube while I cook, looking up recipes, or asking Alexa my curious kids' questions of the day.

Review: Echo Show 8

More October Prime Day 2024 Echo device deals

An Echo Pop with a fifth-generation Echo Dot (left) and a fourth-generation Echo Dot (right).

Echo Dot (5th gen) and The Mandalorian-inspired stand bundle for $38 (save $40): This deal is perfect for Star Wars fans, with a Baby Grogu stand for the newest Echo Dot, plus the device itself.
Echo Buds (2021) for $35 (save $85): These second-generation Echo Buds were released in 2021 and feature active noise cancellation and Alexa built-in.
Echo Show 5 Kids for $55 (save $45): Like other Amazon Echo kids' versions, this device features a kid-friendly interface and strong parental controls, thanks to the included year of Amazon Kids+.
Amazon Smart Thermostat for $56 (save $24): It's rare to find a smart thermostat under $60, so this is a great opportunity to make your home's climate control smarter.
Amazon Echo Auto (2nd Gen) for $25 (save $30): The Echo Auto is a great way to bring Alexa to your car, so you can ask it commands when you're arriving home or ask it questions on the go.
Amazon eero 6 for $70 (save $20): This Amazon eero 6 is a mesh Wi-Fi router with support for Wi-Fi 6 that doubles as a Zigbee smart home hub.
Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) stand with USB-C charging port for $20 (save $7): This is an adjustable stand for the Echo Show 5 with a strong magnetic attachment and 7.5W USB-C charging port.
Made for Amazon Echo Dot (4th Gen) Outlet Hanger for $7 (save $10): This is an October Prime Day deal I couldn't pass up, as it's perfect to mount my fourth-generation Echo Dot in my bathroom.

FAQs

When is Amazon's October Prime Day 2024?

Amazon is hosting its October sales event, Prime Big Deal Days, for two days on Oct. 8 and 9.

Are Amazon Echo devices really cheaper on Prime Day?

Yes, Echo and other Amazon devices get the biggest markdowns during Prime Day sales events. As a smart home reviewer who always looks for great deals, I've purchased a few Echo devices during Prime Day for this very reason.

Echo Pop vs. Echo Dot: Which is the best Prime Day deal?

Amazon's most compact Echo speakers are on sale for $23 or less a piece, but how do you know which one is better for you? The Echo Pop, currently priced at $18, has a front-facing speaker that projects audio in front of the device, so it can be placed on a corner or against the wall. The Echo Dot, available for $23, is a round speaker that projects audio in all directions, has less audio degradation when the volume goes up, and has an action button to wake Alexa, unlike the Echo Pop.

The Echo Pop is also unreliably responsive when you try to call on it with the wake word, especially when the volume is up high, making the lack of an action button more evident.

If I had to choose between the $18 Echo Pop and the $23 Echo Dot, I'd choose the latter.

How did we choose these October Prime Day deals?

ZDNET cares greatly about curating the best deals for our readers, ensuring we only feature the deals worth your hard-earned money. We combine our experience testing different smart home products and looking for deals to give you the best offerings currently available so you can be sure that a deal featured on ZDNET is a good one.