Getting something for free may sound too good to be true, especially if it's one of the most popular smart speakers on the planet, like the Amazon Echo Dot.
However, the Alexa Perks program makes Echo giveaways a reality, with a new promotion meaning that anyone who builds their first Alexa skill will get an Amazon Echo Dot, completely free.
Alexa skills are like special tricks your Echo smart speaker can do for you: turn on the lights in your house and order a pizza.
Also, if you publish three new Alexa skills and that "one of them is used by at least 75 unique users during the promotional period", you will get an Amazon Echo Show 5 coupon worth € 89.99 / € 79.99. / AU € 129.
You can also win the original Echo Show by adding Alexa Presentation Language to one of your skills, which must reach 150 unique users during the promotion period; This allows you to "create interactive voice and visual experiences in the landscape of the device," including slide shows, graphics, images and videos, according to Amazon.
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Is there an easier way?
The promotion period ends on November 30, so you'll have to be quick if you want a free Echo speaker; It currently only applies in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Italy. and Spain, but similar incentives could soon reach the US, with Amazon saying it will update its US incentives for Alexa Skill Builders "weeks."
Does this seem to be too difficult? Don't forget that the Amazon Echo Dot will likely be getting a refund in the near future, with the Echo Dot with Clock usurping the company's smallest Alexa speaker.
Plus, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are coming very soon, with the massive sale scheduled for November 29 (though you'll see the deals start to flow from the beginning of November).
This means the Echo Dot, Echo Show 5, and Echo Show awards could see their prices cut, among other Amazon devices, so if you want an easy way to get discounted Alexa, it's worth sticking around until Black Friday from Amazon. the offers begin to arrive.