作者彙整: Jeramy Johnson
Would you accept ads on your screen for a lower purchase price?
Best answer: Amazon’s Special Offers is a feature that lowers the cost of devices like the Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets with targeted lock screen ads.
Ready, set, read: Amazon Kindle (10th Gen) ($65 at Amazon)
Top tier tablet: Fire HD 10 (9th Gen) ($150 at Amazon)
What are Special Offers?
Amazon introduced the concept of devices with Special Offers a while back as a way to reduce the entry cost into the Kindle, and then later, the Fire Tablet ecosystems. Amazon has always offered pretty low-cost hardware, but it pitched the Special Offers as a way to further offset those expenditures. The Special Offers consist of lock screen/screensaver ads that are personalized to you based on your shopping preferences and browsing habits on Amazon.
Generally speaking, ordering a Kindle or Fire Tablet device with Special Offers will save you around $15-$20 off the same product without those lock screen ads. That’s not insignificant, even on an already inexpensive media consumption device.
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How to kid-proof your Amazon Echo
The Amazon Echo and the Alexa smart assistant can provide virtually unlimited utility and fun for the whole family. However, there are certainly times when parents want to be able to control what their kids can and cannot do with these connected devices. We’ll show you how you can kid-proof your Amazon Echos and protect your youngsters from potential pitfalls.
Products used in this guide
Kid-Friendly Echo: All-New Echo Dot Kids Edition ($70 at Amazon)
Parental Controls: Amazon FreeTime Unlimited ($3/month at Amazon)
How to kid-proof your Echo
The trouble with locking down your Echo is that there are a lot of different ways your kids can use them. The Alexa app has several tools to help you exert some parental control over your Echo devices. Here are some of the most common ones you’ll want to consider investigating, broken down into three main categories: voice purchasing, Echo device settings, and entertainment settings. Let’s break it down.
Voice purchasing
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Protect your home easily with Alexa Guard
Alexa Guard is a free service from Amazon that helps to leverage the listening abilities of Amazon Echo devices. The service monitors other security products that work with Alexa, and when enabled, Alexa Guard can take advantage of the microphones in your Echo devices to listen for signs of intrusion. If you have an Amazon Echo device, current or previous generations, then it is easy to set up Amazon’s latest security feature, Alexa Guard. We’ll show you how in just a few short steps!
Products recommended in this guide
Smart home security: Ring Alarm Security System ($200 at Amazon)
Show me safety: Amazon Echo Show 5 ($90 at Amazon)
What is Alexa Guard?
Alexa Guard uses your Echo devices to enhance security in your home. It may pick up sounds like a window breaking, or signs of danger like the alarms from carbon monoxide or smoke detectors. With Alexa Guard Away mode enabled, you’ll receive alerts via the Alexa app. This service also works with select Ring and ADT security system … 閱讀全文
