Amazon echo dot review (2nd gen)

The Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Gen) Just like the full-size Amazon Echo that was launched back in 2014. The Amazon Echo Dot has all the same features except the big speaker.

The Echo Dot allows you to talk to Alexa, just like the Echo, and the response still get beamed back down from the cloud, but with the Echo Dot everything is reduced, the price, the package, and the audio quality.

It's a super ingenious addition to any home and it isn't that expensive.

As you might assume, the smaller Echo has a sound quality that matches the small size and price tag, but it's just as smart as its ancestors and, more impressive than many of its rivals.

Design and Features

The Echo Dot is a great-looking product. It's around the same edge and the same light ring found on the full-size Echo, which shows when Alexa is listening to you through its seven microphones or whether the speaker is muted

The Echo Dot maintains the Echo's excellent capability to recognize your voice while giving you the option of improving upon its biggest flaw: the sound quality.

Being able to use an external speaker is a great alternative, and means I regularly ended up using the Echo Dot to listen to music off Spotify, where it was surprisingly intuitive at getting songs and artists playing.

Shop specs

• Amazon Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms and more

• Connects to speakers or headphones through Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable to play music from Amazon Music, Spotify and TuneIn. Play music simultaneously across multiple Echo devices and speakers connected via cable with multi-room music (Available for Amazon Music and TuneIn. Bluetooth not supported)

• Call or message anyone hands-free who also has an Echo device or the Alexa App. Also, quickly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice

• Controls lights, switches, TVs, thermostats and more with compatible connected devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Sony, Hive, Netatmo, Nest, tado° and others

• Hears you from across the room with 7 microphones for far-field hands-free voice control, even in noisy environments or while playing music

• Includes a built-in speaker so it can work on its own as a smart alarm clock in the bedroom, an assistant in the kitchen, or anywhere you might want a voice-controlled device

• Always getting smarter - Alexa updates through the cloud automatically and is continually learning, adding new features and skills

My Opinion

In my opinion, the Echo Dot carries a lot into its tiny box. It's got the same excellent voice-recognition chops as the full-size Echo.

Using a proper external speaker with the Echo Dot is a game-changer, and it feels excellent to be able to quickly put songs or just have the radio playing.

Lastly, its size means you can keep it into a corner, where you’ll soon be using it for everything.

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