# Amazon raises prices on Echo, Fire TV and Kindle devices

_Published Friday, August 21, 2026 at 10:07 PM EDT · Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

![258034_Echo_Dot_Max_2025_JTuohy_0008 — The Verge](https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/258034_Echo_Dot_Max_2025_JTuohy_0008.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C10.732984293194%2C100%2C78.534031413613&w=1200)

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.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260821/p31#a260821p31)
- [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/tech/983598/amazon-price-increase-echo-kindle-fire-tv)
- [ZDNET](https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-raises-prices-echos-kindles/)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/amazon-hikes-hardware-prices-by-60-percent-blaming-memory-shortage/)

---
Canonical: https://techandbusiness.org/newswire/js6MHW3tPr-z_d1n9Zq-8A
Published: 2026-08-22T02:07:30.254Z
Story chronology: 2026-08-22T00:15:00.000Z
Retrieved: 2026-10-06T09:34:28.820Z
Publisher: Tech & Business (techandbusiness.org)