The Echo Input can add Alexa to any third-party speaker. Save $15 on it today. Have a Bluetooth speaker that sounds great but doesn't support smart features? You don't have to get rid of it to embrace ...

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Amazon's cheapest Echo device adds Alexa smarts to any speaker with Bluetooth or an aux jack. But is it a better buy than the Dot? Ry Crist Former Senior Editor / Reviews - Labs Originally hailing ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Back in September, Amazon revealed the Echo Input during its packed-to-the-brim Alexa Day. Out of all of the new devices revealed that day, ...

The Echo Input ($35) is the cheapest way to turn any speaker, so long as it has Bluetooth or an aux connection, into an Alexa-enabled smart speaker. It allows the speaker to function exactly the same ...

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Editors' Note: This is still the most recent version of the Echo Input. Read our original review from December 13, 2018 below. Need a little more Alexa in your life? Amazon's Echo Input ($34.99) is ...

Technology is an admirable thing, but it is making a lot of things obsolete. Take, for instance, our home stereo system—in this age of Bluetooth speakers, wireless or wired headphones, or even ...

Amazon has introduced the first portable, Echo-branded smart speaker in India. Called the Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition, it functions largely like any other Echo device with the exception ...

Amazon Echo Input, which was launched back in September 2018, has now been launched in India at Rs 2,999. The aim of the device is to make any speaker support Alexa. Amazon has expanded its ‘Echo’ ...

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Amazon discounts its Echo lineup every so often, and now ...

Amazon’s new Echo Input is, on the surface at least, one of those rare things in today’s high-tech world: something so blindingly simple that it’s hard to believe it hasn’t been done before. Its ...