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When is October Prime Day 2025? This year, Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale, which typically takes place in October, runs from Oct. 7-8. The annual sale offers a wide range of deals on household goods and electronics.Are Amazon Echo devices really cheaper on Prime Day? Echo devices are typically at their lowest prices during Amazon Prime Day and even the Prime Big Deal Days sale. Since this is Amazon’s own event, Prime Day deals always appear for Amazon-branded products, including the Echo device family. How did we choose these October Prime Day deals?ZDNET authors only write about deals that interest us personally and include products that we own, have tested, or want to buy. Our experts searched for deals that were at least 20% off (or were rarely on sale, as is often the case with Apple devices), using established price comparison tools and trackers to determine whether the deal actually represents good value for your money. We also considered customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the deals we’re recommending. Our recommendations may also be based on our own testing — in addition to extensive research and comparison shopping. The goal is to deliver the most accurate advice to help you shop smarter during limited-time events.  More

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October Prime Day is here — again. Amazon’s annual sale is now semi-annual, and this one runs through Oct. 8. This event is officially called Prime Big Deal Days and lasts for two days. Amazon typically cuts prices on its company-owned brands, such as Kindle, Ring, and Alexa devices, during this sales event. But more retailers, including Apple, Samsung, Oura, Google, and Garmin, also slash prices on their smartwatches and health trackers to participate. This makes October Prime Day a great opportunity to buy a wishlist item you’ve been putting off or complete your holiday shopping early. Also: The best October Prime Day deals live nowI’m rounding up some of the best smartwatch and fitness tracker deals on sale during October Prime Day. I’m only including products I have either tested myself or that a ZDNET colleague has tested and recommended, like Apple, Samsung, and Google’s top watches and a Galaxy Ring More