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Cars do more than just get us from point A to point B. A lot of us spend a big chunk of our week behind the wheel, whether its from commuting to and from work an hour each way or just taking long multi-hour weekend trips across several states. And those of us who aren’t psychos are doing those drives in pure silence, we need to keep ourselves entertained be it with music, podcasts, audiobooks, or calling up a friend or family member.
Plus navigation can be difficult and we may need to plug something new into the GPS at a moments notice if something comes up. It’s dangers to take your hands off the wheel and eyes off the road to handle your phone and entertainment. The Amazon Echo Auto is designed for exactly that and right now it is 55% off, bringing the price down to just $25.
Your Personal Assistant on the Open Road
Amazon pioneered the smart home hub with its Amazon Echo. Now the things comes in all shapes and sizes, with and without screens, and the latest addition to that lineup is now one designed for your vehicle.
This hands-free accessory is slim in design and can easily be installed onto your dashboard. The five built-in mics allow Alexa to hear you over the music, AC, or other road noises happening around it. It also might be a real upgrade to whatever mic you have as part of your car. A guy I work with, not naming names, is always joining calls from his car and his audio sounds like fork in a blender. This thing would do wonders for him.
With an Amazon Echo Auto in your car, you can ask Alexa to stream playlists from Amazon Music, Apple Music, or Spotify, listen live to radio stations, pull up audiobooks or podcasts, and reply to text messages. The only thing it can’t handle as your co-pilot on your road trip is snacks, unless you could being able to ask it to plug the nearest WaWa your GPS app.
The Amazon Echo Auto connects to the Alexa app on your phones, using existing data plan for playing through your cars speakers via Bluetooth or an AUX input.
Normally, the Amazon Echo Auto will run you $55 but right now it is part of an Amazon limited time deal as we lead into Prime Day so you can grab it for 55% off. That brings the price down to just $25.
