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Two, new Amazon devices, the Amazon Echo and Tap, are on sale on Amazon today, and today only!
In honor of Amazon being named America’s most reputable company by the Reputation Insitute, the online retailer put two of their newest devices, the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Tap, on sale today, April 19.
The Amazon Echo is on sale for 15 percent off the regular price of $179.99 and is listed at $153.71. The Amazon Tap is also 15 percent off the regular prices of $129.99 and is on sale for $111.01.
Although Amazon put the popular Echo on sale over Black Friday, this is the first time the new Tap — which just launched last month — has been discounted. Both devices can be hooked up to Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to stream music and come with Amazon’s answer to Siri, the voice-activate virtual assistant Alexa. Alexa can answer questions and provide information, find your music, adjust your Nest thermostat and perform other functions when integrated with other “smart home” gadgets.
The biggest differences between the two is that, with the Tap, you need to tap a button to get the ball rolling; if you have the Echo, you can just start talking to Alexa and the device will respond. The Tap’s advantage is that it’s battery-powered. The Echo’s lack of portability was one of the few persistent complaints Echo users had about the speaker.
Agencies/Canadajournal
