For the end of the year, Boulanger invites you to discover numerous promotions on connected items stamped with Amazon, and in particular on its Echo Dot speakers. We tell you why, at 19.99 euros, it is a very good investment!
Far from the virtual bookstore of its beginnings, Amazon is now a firm that creates and distributes dozens of products and services. In the wake of the creation of its in-house virtual assistant, Alexa, the company has developed a whole range of connected products, with the Echo speakers as a spearhead.
The Echo Dot are more compact versions of the basic Amazon Echo, while benefiting from the same technical characteristics as their big sisters. Currently sold from 19.99 euros at Boulanger, they are an excellent investment and we will explain why without further delay.
What to do with the Amazon Echo Dot?
Getting help from Alexa on a daily basis
Connected speaker requires, the main use of the Echo Dot is to serve as an interface with Amazon’s virtual assistant: Alexa. Thanks to its microphone, it will be able to hear the slightest of your questions or your commands in order to provide you with an appropriate answer in a few moments thanks to its internet connection. Getting the latest news, the weather forecast or starting a timer is easy.
The Echo Dot also has access to many “Skills”, kinds of small applications which allow to enrich the range of possibilities of Alexa. What, for example, allow him to consult the yellow pages to find the numbers you need, to consult your diary to create a list of things to do, or even to get the news directly from your favorite newspaper. .
Manage your connected ecosystem
In addition to serving as a receptacle for Alexa, the Echo Dot is an ideal device for controlling your entire ecosystem of connected objects. Compatible with most of the major players in the market (Philips Hue, Enki, Netatmo, Dyson, Xiaomi, Razer, and many others), it will position itself at the heart of your home automation system to make your life easier, and help you direct everything with your voice.
You can thus, very simply, ask your Echo Dot to turn on or off a particular object (such as Philips Hue connected bulbs for example), launch a service (such as a movie on your connected TV) but also configure settings. more elaborate routines thanks to a specific command. Throwing a “good night Alexa” will allow you to turn off all the lights in your home at the same time. Simple then.
Communicate with loved ones
Thanks to the Echo Dot, you can also communicate easily with your loved ones in several ways. For example, you can dictate a message and send it by email or SMS, as long as you have configured your phone correctly. You can also start a Skype conversation with someone else and chat without the need for a third-party device.
Finally, note that the Echo Dot communicates easily with … The other devices in the Echo range. If your home is equipped with several Echo connected speakers, the Drop In function will allow you to converse with ease from one room to another, a bit like an intercom. You can also contact your contacts equipped with an Echo device in a few seconds using the Alexa application.
Listen to music
Like all connected speakers that respect themselves, the Echo Dot is able to broadcast music thanks to its speaker. With a simple voice command, you can ask Alexa to fetch and play the song of your choice in your favorite listening service. Alexa, and the Echo Dot are indeed compatible with Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer and co.
If you have multiple compatible Echo devices in your home, you can even stream your streaming to any room in your home. Finally, the Echo Dot has a 3.5mm plug that will allow you to easily connect it to a BlueTooth speaker for better sound.
Which Echo Dot model to choose?
Currently, Boulanger offers promotions on different models and packs of the Echo Dot range. But which one to choose? It is above all a matter of taste, since what mainly distinguishes the Echo Dot 3 from the Echo Dot 4 is the design. And the price too, but to a lesser extent, since only ten euros separate these two models.
The Echo Dot 3 takes up in large widths the original design of the Echo Dot range, namely a compact and flat puck. However, this model abandons the original plastic coating in favor of a much more becoming fabric cover.
Available in gray, black or white, it is currently sold for 19.99 euros instead of 49.99 euros in normal times.
The Echo Dot 4 for its part, contrasts radically with previous generations by adopting a spherical design of the most beautiful effect. The luminous ring, symbol of Alexa listening, has now joined the bottom of the device and offers a nice halo effect when placed on a reflective surface.
The Echo Dot 4 is also covered with a large mesh fabric available in gray, white or black. It is currently offered at 29.99 euros instead of 59.99 euros.
And if ever the desire to explore the wonderful world of connected lighting tickles you, know that Boulanger is currently offering a pack including the Echo Dot 4 and two Philips Hue E27 White Ambiance bulbs for 39.99 euros, at instead of 89.99 euros excluding promotions.
Kindle, Fire TV Stick, Blink Outdoor: find other Amazon connected products on sale at Boulanger
For its end-of-year promotions, Boulanger also offers many offers on other products, connected or not, from Amazon. The opportunity, for example, to discover the Kindle reader in its most recent 6-inch version. With 8 GB of storage, and a brand new backlighting system allowing you to read clearly day and night, it is currently sold 64.99 euros instead of 79.99 euros.
Boulanger also invites you to discover a pack including the Blink Outdoor connected camera and the Echo Show 5 Gen 2 connected speaker. The latter, equipped with a 5.5-inch touch screen, will allow you to consult in real time the images taken by the Blink Outoor, in order to monitor, for example, what is happening in front of your front door or in your garden. This pack, usually sold 204.98 euros and now available for 74.99 euros.