The Echo Dot Max is cheaper than ever in an early Prime Day sale
Summary
The Echo Dot Max smart speaker is on sale for $64.99 ($35 off) in an early Prime Day deal, offering improved sound, faster responsiveness, and smart home hub capabilities.
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<p class="has-text-align-none">We’re seeing <a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/944084/best-early-prime-day-deals">good early Prime Day deals</a> ahead of the event next week, and unsurprisingly, some of the best deals are on Amazon’s own devices. Several Echo speakers have dropped to new low prices, including the <strong>Echo Dot Max</strong>, which is on sale for $64.99 ($35 off) at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Echo-Dot-Max-Alexa-Speaker-Glacier-White-Amazon/dp/B0D6SZKGT4">Amazon</a>.</p>
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<h3>Where to Buy:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6SX8VLQ"> <strike>$99.99</strike> $64.99 at <strong>Amazon</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.bestbuy.com/product/amazon-echo-dot-max-newest-model-alexa-speaker-w-room-filling-sound-and-built-in-smart-home-hub-designed-for-alexa-graphite/J39TLS9KPV"> $99.99 at <strong>Best Buy</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.target.com/p/amazon-echo-dot-max-graphite/-/A-94772762/"> $99.99 at <strong>Target</strong></a></li></ul></div>
<p class="has-text-align-none">Our smart home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy named the Echo Max her top pick among Alexa speakers, calling it “Amazon’s best all-around smart speaker.” The elegant, fabric-wrapped speaker delivers plenty of bass, and comes with its own dedicated tweeter and woofer that provide crisper sound than its predecessor. It’s also faster and more responsive, with Amazon’s AZ3 Neural Edge processor helping it hear voice commands more accurately, even if you’re speaking from across the room or over background noise.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">The Echo Max also doubles as a capable smart home hub with support for Zigbee, Matter, and Thread, allowing you to connect and control a wide range of compatible smart home devices from brands beyond Amazon. It also supports <a href="https://www.theverge.com/hands-on/705808/amazon-alexa-plus-first-look">Alexa Plus</a>, Amazon’s more context-aware AI-powered voice assistant, which can handle multiple requests at once. That means you can do things like dim the lights and lock the doors without having to issue separate commands. In our reviewer’s testing, Alexa was even able to turn off the hallway lights, adjust the upstairs thermostat, and start a robot vacuum in the kitchen all at once.</p>
<h5 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-none"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/808747/amazon-echo-dot-max-smart-speaker-review">Read our Echo Dot Max review.</a></h5>
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# The Echo Dot Max is cheaper than ever in an early Prime Day sale
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We’re seeing[good early Prime Day deals](https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/944084/best-early-prime-day-deals)ahead of the event next week, and unsurprisingly, some of the best deals are on Amazon’s own devices\. Several Echo speakers have dropped to new low prices, including the**Echo Dot Max**, which is on sale for $64\.99 \($35 off\) at[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Echo-Dot-Max-Alexa-Speaker-Glacier-White-Amazon/dp/B0D6SZKGT4?tag=theverge02-20)\.
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Our smart home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy named the Echo Max her top pick among Alexa speakers, calling it “Amazon’s best all\-around smart speaker\.” The elegant, fabric\-wrapped speaker delivers plenty of bass, and comes with its own dedicated tweeter and woofer that provide crisper sound than its predecessor\. It’s also faster and more responsive, with Amazon’s AZ3 Neural Edge processor helping it hear voice commands more accurately, even if you’re speaking from across the room or over background noise\.
The Echo Max also doubles as a capable smart home hub with support for Zigbee, Matter, and Thread, allowing you to connect and control a wide range of compatible smart home devices from brands beyond Amazon\. It also supports[Alexa Plus](https://www.theverge.com/hands-on/705808/amazon-alexa-plus-first-look), Amazon’s more context\-aware AI\-powered voice assistant, which can handle multiple requests at once\. That means you can do things like dim the lights and lock the doors without having to issue separate commands\. In our reviewer’s testing, Alexa was even able to turn off the hallway lights, adjust the upstairs thermostat, and start a robot vacuum in the kitchen all at once\.
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