Amazon raises prices on Echo, Fire TV and Kindle devices

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Published Friday, August 21, 2026 · 10:07 PM EDT

Amazon has raised prices for several first-party devices, including Echo smart speakers, Fire TV products, Kindle devices and eero mesh-networking systems, Fortune reports. The stated reason is to offset increased memory and storage costs. The supplied summary does not give the new prices, the size of the increases, or the markets affected.

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