Update: July 9,2019 – After announcement earlier this year, the official YouTube app for Amazon Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick 4K are back, both of which include the Alexa Voice Remote. The Prime Video app is now available for streaming to Chromecast, Chromecast built-in devices, and Android TV devices. Continue reading “Official YouTube App back on Fire TV, Prime Video App for Chromecast and Android TV now available”
Amazon launched its new Kindle (10th Generation) with a built-in light earlier this year, which is the most affordable Kindle with a front light. This has a same design and screen resolution as the entry-level Kindle, but the built-in light at this price is impressive. Is this worth the price? Let us find out in the review.
Amazon just announced Prime Day 2019 will take place on July 15th globally, including India, which will start midnight on Monday and run until July 16. This year, for the first time it runs for 48 hours, offering members two full days of the best in shopping, savings and entertainment. This year it will have over 1000 exclusive new product launches from top brands in India such as OnePlus, Samsung (M40 Cocktail Orange), Whirlpool, Sennheiser, Intel, and more, including LG W30 smartphone (Aurora Green) first to Prime members. Continue reading “Amazon Prime Day 2019 sale in India on July 15 and 16 – Exclusive launches, deals, cashback offers and more”
Amazon launched Kindle Oasis with dedicated page turn buttons back in 2016 and launched the 2nd generation Kindle Oasis last year. Expanding the lineup, today, the company has launched the 3rd generation Kindle Oasis in India with 7-inch display, adjustable color temperature for night reading and more.
Amazon’s plan to dominate the world is well underway. What seemed to be the superfluous toy at first is now the default choice of people looking to interact with computers and the Internet. Continue reading “Amazon Echo Show Review”
Amazon today started its four-day Fab Phones Fest that offers discounts on mobiles and accessories. OnePlus 6T is available for as low as Rs. 27,999 for the first time. The company says that there are up to 40% discounts on mobile phones and accessories. There is also exchange offers, No Cost EMI and more. Continue reading “Amazon Fab Phones Fest: OnePlus 6T 8GB + 128GB at Rs. 27999, discounts on Power Banks, Headphones and more”
Amazon launched Alexa virtual voice assistant along with Echo devices in India back in 2017. Since then, it has been getting updates which added more skills, India specific features, and is getting improved over time. Today, Amazon revealed that it is working on infusing regional languages capabilities in Alexa for the Indian market including support for the Hindi language. Continue reading “Amazon Alexa to get support for Hindi soon”
Amazon launched Echo Show with a 10-inch display, built-in smart home hub and more in India last month. Expanding the Echo Show lineup, Amazon has today launched Echo Show 5 with a 5.5-inch display, HD camera, rich sound and more.
Amazon has introduced new 9th generation Fire 7 tablet, successor of the model that was introduced back in 2017. This has a 16 GB of internal storage, up from 8GB, and also comes in 32GB version. It also has a faster processor, says the company.
AmazonBasics was launched by Amazon September 2015 in India and it is Amazon’s own store brand that aims to offer everyday products like HDMI cables, batteries, USB cables, etc at affordable prices. Amazon has expanded the product lineup and has now launched a range of AmazonBasics Air Conditioners in India.
Amazon introduced Alexa Blueprints which was a new way to create your own personalized skills and responses for Alexa and users could take advantage of the easy-to-use templates to create customized experiences for Alexa within minutes just by filling in the blanks. In similar lines, starting today, Amazon will enable anyone to publish their skills created using Alexa Skill Blueprints to the India Alexa Skills Store.
Continue reading “Amazon now lets you create and share Alexa skills with no coding required”
Amazon has started its Summer Sale for the year. This offers up to 40% discount on smartphones and accessories, that includes Rs. 9000 off for the OnePlus 6T 8GB + 128GB version, up to Rs. 4600 off on smart gadgets by Amazon, up to 35% off on cameras, up to 60% off on Headphones and Speakers, up to Rs. 32000 off on laptops, up to 60% off on smartwatches and trackers, up to 50% off on TVs and more.
Continue reading “Amazon Summer Sale: Best deals on Smartphones, Accessories, TVs and more”
Amazon launched Amazon Pay UPI for seamless transactions on Android in February this year. The company partnered with Axis bank to issue UPI IDs to its customers and allowed them to link their bank account on their Amazon mobile app and make fast, easy, and secure payments directly from the bank account. Today, Amazon has launched person to person (P2P) payments through UPI for Android users with a launch offer.
Continue reading “Amazon Pay instant P2P UPI payments launched in India”
Amazon India has been offering a lot of deals and discounts on various products across its platform in the form of sales recently. The company conducted the Fab Phones Fest where there were discounts on smartphones, electronics and more. Amazon also offered discounts on its refurbished products through the Earth Week Sale. In same lines, today, Amazon has announced its Summer Sale where there will discounts of up to 40% on smartphones, discounts on electronics and more.
Amazon launched its Prime Music streaming service in February 2018 in India and Prime Music was offered for free with Amazon Prime subscription. Today, Amazon has launched a new ad-supported music service to take on the rivals and this is different from Amazon Music Unlimited and Amazon Prime Music.
Continue reading “Amazon launches free, ad-supported music service for Echo users in the US”
