If you like the idea of turning on a light just by talking, here’s an affordable smart home starter kit. For those already comfortable with automated life, this offering will give you one more thing to control and one more receptacle for your demands. Amazon’s smallest smart speaker, the Echo Pop, supplied with a TP-Link Kasa smart bulb is now $23. The speaker costs as much at $40 full price, although the lowest we’ve seen it go was $18 for Black Friday last year. The bulb has a list price of $23, but has dropped to $15 several times before. In total, the bundle represents a $40 discount off the total price and a savings of $22 off the current sale prices of both items. The Kasa bulb made the difference in our smart bulb guide.
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The Echo Pop costs $40 on its own and the bulb retails for up to $23 at full price, so this bundle represents a $40 discount off list prices.
The biggest The Echo Dot speaker is also on sale, comes with the same bulb. The set is down to $40, a 45% discount compared to buying both items separately and at full price. Since they’re both on sale individually right now, getting the set saves you $22 off current sale prices. The Echo Dot is our top pick for a smart speaker under $50 because it pumps out big sound for its size, has convenient physical controls, and provides access to the usefulness of Alexa—a selling point if you prefer the capabilities of this wizard over those of another.
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