The new Amazon Echo Studio speaker is under $200 right now

There have been many different models of Echo smart speakers over the years, but the newest Echo Studio is the first to feel like a true smart speaker—offering premium sound and features that rival the best smart speakers on the market. Right now, you can get Second generation Echo Studio for $189.99 (originally $219.99), correspondingly the lowest price Price tracking tools.

A replacement for the slightly larger 4th-generation Amazon Echo, and with a different form factor than the first-generation Echo Studio, the second-generation Echo Studio is compact, and wouldn’t look out of place among other recent Alexa-enabled smart speakers, but you can hear the difference right away. The audio is powerful enough to fill an entire room with detailed mids and highs, despite its small size. Like every small speaker, its bass is limited, but it performs well enough for its size. As you can see from its design, sound is non-directional, so it will travel in all directions, bringing spatial audio to life (it can play Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 Reality Audio content).

The speaker comes with a new AI smart assistant, Alexa+, which is Free for Amazon Prime members It supports Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity and can be chained together to serve as a soundbar replacement for your home theater if you buy multiple speakers. Like most Alexa speakers, it supports multi-room playback, where you can play music from all your Alexa speakers at the same time. You can read more details at PCMag’s “Excellent” review.