{"id":822317,"date":"2026-08-22T17:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822317\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:46:10","slug":"amazon-just-hiked-the-prices-for-echo-fire-tv-and-kindle-products-by-up-to-60-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822317\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Citing \u201csignificant increases in memory and storage component costs,\u201d Amazon has raised prices on Echos, Kindles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocket-lint.com\/amazon-just-quietly-raised-the-price-of-all-its-fire-sticks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fire TVs<\/a>, and Eeros by up to 60 percent, as <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/08\/21\/exclusive-amazon-quietly-hiked-prices-echo-fire-tv-kindle-eero-significant-increases-memory-costs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first reported by Fortune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The cheapest products in Amazon\u2019s lineup were hit hardest, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09B94RL1R?ref=amzdv_ucc_dp_lod__B09B94RL1R&amp;tag=theverge02-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Echo Dot<\/a> smart speaker jumping from $49.99 to $79.99. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/all-new-amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-max\/dp\/B0BP9SNVH9?tag=theverge02-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fire TV Stick 4K Max<\/a> also rose by over 40 percent to $84.99, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-new-Amazon-Kindle-Paperwhite-glare-free\/dp\/B0CFPJYX7P\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13BXZ304A2RFN&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.19PtVsvYIrlN6GTWsPbozqeX6nw_9RofLZlNTwtyoGb6khtFJvO-U162qS8YqOdWnV5u7pPJJZFaOPbuDJCJgpeXlaU-K-0tTNowqQL7n7areilVXSRtHXXhv-j6OKzSb-SyLmN6rEmYubiB9p61gmzWuK3jPg3VpmxckJBt6remmBSAaHl-fKStI2z5GQTGbAyhqyI72-uCKK3G98LwlorFb3jZcVz4s3x2-Vgm1kM.lE4baJtFuWcoLPbFfsYskogwTsFKZJ1WiUlWeth3JIg&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=Kindle%2B(16GB)&amp;qid=1787406198&amp;sprefix=kindle%2B16gb%2B%2Caps%2C207&amp;sr=8-1&amp;ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.ed73e2ba-4d06-4781-aee7-c317fe036206&amp;th=1&amp;tag=theverge02-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">base level Kindle <\/a>now costs $149.99, a nearly 37 percent increase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In a statement to The Verge, Kristy Schmidt, senior communications manager of Amazon\u2019s Devices &amp; Services divison, said, \u201cThe consumer electronics industry is facing significant increases in memory and storage component costs. After absorbing these increases for as long as we could, we recently adjusted pricing across our product lines. Our approach has always been to offer great products at accessible prices, and that commitment hasn\u2019t changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Amazon hardware products apparently not affected include its line of Ring cameras and video doorbells, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/808520\/amazon-echo-studio-2025-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Echo Studio<\/a>, its higher-end $219.99 smart speaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Here\u2019s a full list of the price increases:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Updated August 22nd: Added a statement from Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Citing \u201csignificant increases in memory and storage component costs,\u201d Amazon has raised prices on Echos, Kindles, Fire TVs,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[960,5252,3,172,74],"class_list":["post-822317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-alexa","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}