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Amazon announced that its latest Alexa Tablets will now include full access to the Google Play store, expanding beyond the company's own app ecosystem. The new models, including the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, 11, and 8, will be available in multiple countries starting mid-October. Previously, Amazon tablets only supported the Amazon Appstore, limiting app choices.
Amazon's fall Prime Day sale includes discounts on Alexa speakers, Kindles, and Fire tablets, but WIRED notes Amazon raised prices across its device lines at the end of August before applying these markdowns. A WIRED reviewer who has tested Amazon's Alexa speakers since 2012 evaluated the sale items to identify which discounts are genuinely worthwhile versus which merely restore prices closer to pre-hike levels.
Amazon has increased prices across much of its hardware lineup, including Echo speakers, Kindle e-readers, Fire TV Stick devices, and eero mesh routers, with some products jumping by $30-50. Ring devices were reportedly excluded from the increases. An Amazon spokesperson attributed the changes to rising memory and storage component costs that the company said it could no longer absorb.
Amazon quietly increased prices across several hardware lines last week, including Echo speakers, Kindle e-readers, Fire TV Stick streaming devices, and eero routers. The steepest jump hit the 5th-generation Echo Dot, which climbed from $49.99 to $79.99, a 60% increase, while other products saw hikes ranging roughly from 11% to 42%. Amazon attributed the changes to rising costs for memory and storage components used in the devices.
Amazon has raised prices across its hardware lineup, citing the ongoing memory chip crunch. The Echo Dot jumped 60% to $79.99, while Kindle e-readers, Fire TV streaming devices, and eero mesh routers all saw increases ranging from roughly 13% to nearly 43%. Notably, Amazon's Ring security products were left untouched by the price adjustments.