Our expert ditched his Meta Ray-Bans for these smart glasses, and they come with and Echo Spot for under $150

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Smart glasses are among the latest and astir absorbing tech developments. They suit an assemblage of tech enthusiasts and photographers and tin adjacent assistance span the spread for those with ocular impairment. Amazon took its stab astatine them, introducing the Echo Frames successful 2019 and updating them periodically since. Our adept liked them truthful much, helium ditched his Meta Ray-Bans, which are much expensive. 

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Luckily, Amazon is offering an aboriginal Prime exclusive bundle woody -- adjacent days up of Prime Day, which starts connected July 8. For lone $130, you tin get the third procreation of Echo Frames in immoderate color, positive an Echo Spot. That's an fantabulous offer, considering Amazon is selling the Echo Frames alone for $270. Amazon is besides offering different Prime exclusive bundle astatine a discount. The Echo Frames and Echo Show 8 are connected merchantability unneurotic for $240. 

A bully mode to picture the Echo Frames is arsenic headphones with a small much utility. Besides wearing them for the aesthetic, the glasses connection galore antithetic features that substitute devices similar your headphones oregon Bluetooth talker and your Alexa devices.

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The glasses are inactive highly capable. An Alexa adjunct is available, and you tin usage it to perceive to books, music, and podcasts, arsenic the open-ear speakers nonstop dependable to your receptor portion minimizing it for others astir you. 

These frames are a bully introduction constituent into astute glasses, arsenic the terms is fair. However, the features are minimal compared to their competitors. For instance, the Echo Frames bash not person a built-in camera. 

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You tin marque calls, though, which would beryllium a selling constituent for concern professionals oregon those connected the go. The glasses tin besides beryllium utilized for controlling Alexa devices, similar the Echo Spot, Amazon's Alexa-enabled alarm clock, which comes with this bundle. 

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ZDNET adept Kerry Wan tested the Echo Frames and thought they were precise convenient for regular use, particularly for tasks similar calling oregon listening to euphony portion walking.

A person look astatine the Amazon Echo Frames 3rd Gen. 

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"Besides the astute features, I've besides enjoyed listening to podcasts and making calls during my evening walks. Perhaps it's the quality to perceive to my on-device audio portion staying alert of my surroundings, oregon the information that the speakers connected the Echo Frames favour the mid and precocious frequencies much than the bassy, engulfing lows," helium said. 

The Echo Frames are a large introduction constituent into the satellite of astute glasses, and close present they're overmuch cheaper than a brace of Meta Ray-Bans. 

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How I rated this deal 

With this woody you're getting the Echo Frames astatine a important discount, positive a escaped Echo Spot. We person factored successful the 63% bundle discount, and person fixed this woody a 5/5 Editor's woody rating. Not lone is this a newer merchandise with a terms slash, but it besides includes a compatible Alexa device. This woody would beryllium large for those who privation to effort retired caller variations of tech without breaking the bank.