The latest version of Amazon’s orb-like Echo smart speaker is just $49.99 right now
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Spooky season is also savings season. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Spooky season may soon be coming to a close, but deals season is still in full swing. First off, you can buy the latest version of the Amazon Echo smart speaker for just $49.99 at Amazon, Best Buy, or Target. This $50 discount is the lowest price for the fourth generation of Amazon's smart speaker. While it came out in 2020, and the smaller Echo Dot just got a fifth-gen release, the ponderous Echo just got a handy new feature added via firmware update. Now, if you have an Eero mesh Wi-Fi router you can use the fourth-gen Echo to extend its network.
But the Echo does a lot more than extend a Wi-Fi network, as it's actually got a pretty formidable sound output for a small speaker. It can fill most rooms with music, and it even has some...