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Amazon unveils new Echo Dot 2nd generation, launches Oct. 20 for $50. gallery. Amazon hasnât had stock of the original Echo Dot for months, and now we know why. The company unveiled a second-generation Echo Dot on Tuesday with a much more affordable price tag and improved voice recognition. The new Echo Dot, available in black or white and with a slightly changed design, will sell for just $49.99 when it launches in the U.S. on October 20.
I'd really like to get Amazon's smaller new Echo Dot for my apartment, but unfortunately I can't. Since I don't already own an Amazon Echo or Amazon Fire TV, I'm not able to buy one just yet. Amazon today debuted the Echo Dot and Amazon Tap, two new voice-activated personal assistant devices. The Echo Dot is the Echo's little sister; smaller and with a small speaker for Alexa and the option to hook up an external speaker for music, but with the same features of the Echo.