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IMAGE: BEN PATTERSONAmazon Echo Dot Kids Edition:
This chatty, Alexa-powered
playmate keeps tykes entertained
Amazon’s Echo Dot for kids boasts robust parental controls and a year’s worth of
Amazon FreeTime. BY BEN PATTERSONIf you’re looking for an
alternative to unleashing your
kids on an iPad when you
need a few precious moments
to yourself, the Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition
makes for an attentive and surprisingly
engaging companion. Loaded up with
parental controls aplenty and packed to thegills with games and “skills,” the Alexa-
powered Echo Kids Edition keeps children
entertained while spurring their imaginations,
all with you in control.
The $70 Echo Dot Kids Edition is, for all
intents and purposes, the same device as the
3rd-generation Echo Dot, but it comes with a
one-year subscription to FreeTime, an