https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/12/amazon-revamps-echo-dot-kids-edition-and-freetime/ > Announced in April of last year, the Echo Dot Kids Edition got something of a mixed reception, primarily due to privacy concerns surrounding the broader smart speaker category. Amazon is back with a version of the $70 device. > Design-wise, the product looks like a lot more like the latest version of the Dot, swapping the first generation’s plastic body for a curved cloth covering. The brightly colored bumpers, meanwhile, are gone, in favor of new colors form the Dot itself, including Rainbow and Frost Blue. As with the regular Dot, the speaker got a boost here. It’s now 70 percent louder.