Amazon's Echo Spot alarm clock is 44% off ahead of October Prime Day

Amazon's new Echo Spot is already slashed to 44% off ahead of the upcoming October Prime Big Deal Days event. The new Echo Spot, released during July Prime Day, is a smart alarm clock that looks like a mix of an Echo Pop and Echo Show, giving Alexa fans the best of both worlds in a single, compact device. 

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As part of Amazon's promotion, Prime members can purchase the new Echo Spot for $45, a 44% discount from its retail price of $80. Like the Echo Dot, the Spot is available in black, glacier white, and ocean blue. It is the latest iteration of the previously-discontinued Echo Spot.

Meant to function much like a clock radio, the Echo Spot features a small screen that takes up about two-thirds of the front, with the speaker occupying the ...