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Get an Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition for Less than $35

By Laura Tucker
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Even though you would like to, you just can’t be with your child every minute of the day. There are multiple things you can do to fill that void, and while it would never replace you, an Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition, 4th Gen can help them with many things. it would make a great Christmas gift for under $35.

The Echo Dot is Amazon’s most popular smart speaker with Alexa, even with kids. That’s why they need one just for them. Not that it’s not a toy, however, as it functions the same as the regular Dot – just with extra just for kids and with more protections. Your child will certainly enjoy the design. It’s available in two animal designs: a tiger and a panda.

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Kids can have fun and learn when using the Echo Dot Kids Edition. They can get homework help and set alarms for when they need to start their homework. Additionally, there’s kid-friendly entertainment. It ships with a year of Amazon Kids+, which gives them access to kid-friendly Audible books, interactive games, and of course, educational skills. You get one year free, and if you choose to keep it after that first year, it will be $2.99/month plus tax. The device will also play music, read stories, and call their friends, grandparents, etc.

What makes it really worthy of a gift for your child is the parental controls. The kid-friendly Echo Dot parental controls are easy to use, allowing you to set daily time limits, filter explicit content, and review your child’s activity. You can manage all of this in the Amazon Parent Dashboard.

Save $25 and buy your child their own Dot this holiday season for just $34.99 and choose between the tiger and the panda.

Echo Dot/ Kids Edition, 4th Gen

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Laura Tucker
Laura has spent more than 20 years writing news, reviews, and op-eds, with the majority of those years as an editor as well. She has exclusively used Apple products for the past 35 years. In addition to writing and editing at MTE, she also runs the site’s sponsored review program.

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