Amazon Tap Is The More Secure Echo And It Is $50 Off

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Jack Kocsis Director of Commerce
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The Alexa line of Amazon speakers — the Echo, the Tap and the Dot — are all the rage these days, and for good reason. These bluetooth speakers also serve as live-in home assistants, able and willing to help you with all sorts of everyday tasks like turning off the lights and ordering pizza. (Not to mention playing music).

When talking to folks about the Echo, the biggest and most powerful of the three, I hear the same concern over and over: Because the Echo responds whenever it hears the word “Alexa,” it has to be “always listening.” There’s something a bit creepy about the notion that Amazon intently listens to every word uttered within one’s own home; as such, it is perfectly reasonable to be skeptical of granting Jeff Bezos that level of access.

The Amazon Tap alleviates this concern. And, at the moment, it is at its lowest price ever. The Tap was created to be portable, so it does not remain connected to a powerful source. It therefore does not have the ability to “always listen.” To get the Tap to do something (anything the Echo can do), you first have to tap it (hence the name). It’s pretty simple, honestly. It’s the benefits of the Echo without the privacy issues.

Normally $130, the Amazon Tap is 31 percent off today (Photo via Amazon)

Normally $130, the Amazon Tap is 38 percent off today (Photo via Amazon)

Amazon Tap on sale for $79.99

Amazon is famous for not discounting its Alexa products – except on special occasions like Black Friday and Prime Day. And yet, the Tap is $50 off today. Happy belated Labor Day, I guess!

The Tap is the more secure version of the Echo (Photo via Amazon)

The Tap is the more secure version of the Echo (Photo via Amazon)

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