Amazon UK is running a limited-time sale that has pushed two smart home staples to some of their lowest prices ever: the Blink Mini 2 indoor camera is down to £13.99 (from £29.99, a 53% cut), and the Echo Spot smart alarm clock is down to £54.99 (from £79.99, a 31% cut). Neither retailer nor Amazon has named the promotion, and no end date has been confirmed, so treat these as live-while-they-last rather than a fixed-window event. The short version: the Blink Mini 2 price is genuinely one of the best entry points into home camera monitoring available in the UK right now, and the Echo Spot is a solid buy if you want a bedside Alexa display rather than a plain speaker — but neither is a must-grab if you already own a comparable device.
How much has the Blink Mini 2 dropped by?
The Blink Mini 2 is currently £13.99, down from its £29.99 RRP — a 53% reduction and one of the lowest prices reported for the camera outside a Black Friday event. At this price it undercuts most rival indoor cameras by a wide margin, though it comes with the usual Blink trade-off: full features (person detection alerts, cloud clip storage) require a paid Blink Subscription Plus plan, while the free tier only stores a limited number of clips. For a full breakdown of what you get without a subscription, see our Blink Mini review, and if you're deciding between Blink and Ring, our Blink vs Ring comparison covers the subscription and detection differences in more detail.
Is the Amazon Echo Spot worth £54.99?
Yes, if what you want is a compact bedside display rather than a standalone speaker — at £54.99 the Echo Spot is discounted from its £79.99 RRP, described by reviewers as its lowest UK price outside Black Friday. The Echo Spot pairs Alexa's voice assistant with a small round screen for clock, weather and notification glances, making it best suited to a nightstand or desk rather than a room where you want full-range music. If you're after Alexa for whole-room audio instead, our Amazon Echo range review compares it against the standard Echo and Echo Dot line-up, and our best budget smart speaker guide lines up cheaper alternatives if a screen isn't a priority.
What else is discounted in the same sale?
The same Amazon UK promotion also covers non-smart-home Amazon hardware: a Fire TV Stick variant at £29, a Fire TV Soundbar down from £119.99 to £89.99, and the Kindle Colorsoft down from £239.99 to £174. These aren't smart home devices in the Home Assistant sense, but they're part of the same reported sale window, so if you're already checking out for a Blink or Echo device, it's worth scanning the rest of the basket for a bundled saving.
| Device | RRP | Deal price | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blink Mini 2 | £29.99 | £13.99 | 53% |
| Amazon Echo Spot | £79.99 | £54.99 | 31% |
| Fire TV Soundbar | £119.99 | £89.99 | 25% |
| Kindle Colorsoft | £239.99 | £174 | 27% |
How long will these prices last?
There's no confirmed end date for this sale. Reporting from TechRadar and Tom's Guide describes it as a rolling, unnamed promotion rather than a dated event like Prime Day or Black Friday, which means Amazon could adjust or withdraw individual prices without notice. Prices above were verified as live on 23 August 2026 — if you're reading this later, check the current Amazon UK listing before assuming the same figure still applies.
Bottom line: the Blink Mini 2 at £13.99 is cheap enough to be a low-risk pickup even if you only use the free storage tier, and the Echo Spot at £54.99 is worth it specifically for the bedside-display use case. Neither deal is worth chasing if you already own a similar device from the same family.
