Amazon Echo (latest mannequin), Alexa speaker with premium sound, Ultimate for dwelling rooms, kitchens and huge bedrooms, Charcoal
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Premium sound – Wealthy, detailed sound that routinely adapts to any room. Helps lossless HD audio obtainable on choose streaming providers corresponding to Amazon Music HD.
Voice management your music – Stream songs from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, SiriusXM, and extra. HD requires a suitable music streaming service.
Good house hub – Constructed-in hub to voice management suitable lights, locks, and sensors. Simply arrange suitable Zigbee and Matter gadgets or choose Ring Good Lighting photo voltaic lights and bulbs.
Alexa is able to assist – Set timers, reminders, and alarms. Alexa solutions questions like “Alexa, what time is it?”
Begin your routines with movement – Activate suitable lights, play your Flash Briefing, or activate the espresso maker if you stroll into the room.
Fill your own home with sound – With multi-room music, play synchronized music throughout Echo gadgets in numerous rooms. You can too pair your Echo with suitable Fireplace TV gadgets to really feel scenes come to life with house theater audio, or prolong wifi protection with a suitable eero community so you’ll be able to say goodbye to drop-offs and buffering.
Join with others hands-free – Name family and friends who’ve the Alexa app or an Echo gadget. Immediately drop in on different rooms or announce to the entire home that dinner’s prepared.
Privateness controls– Designed to guard your privateness – Amazon is just not within the enterprise of promoting your private data to others. Constructed with a number of layers of privateness controls together with a mic off button.
Maintain your own home snug – Use it as temperature sensor with Amazon Good Thermostat to run your HVAC if the within temperature goes above your consolation zone, or use it to set off routines.
Clients say
Clients just like the sound high quality, ease of setup, and design of the digital gadget. They point out it transforms their dwelling area into an acoustic haven, works effectively as an intercom, and is simple so as to add new Alexa-enabled gadgets. Some are happy with the worth for cash. Nevertheless, some clients have combined opinions on voice recognition, data high quality, and connectivity points.
AI-generated from the textual content of buyer evaluations
S. Fox –
Buying this was a good decision. Update: Amazon replaced my Echo and it is working great now.
This was my first smart speaker purchase. Initially, I only wanted a portable Bluetooth speaker to move between my office and garage. I didnât find anything with decent sound for under $100, so I started looking at smart speakers compatible with Amazon and Google. Per the many reviews I read, both the Amazon Echo and the Google Nest have good sound, but the Echo has better sound than the Nest. The Echo also has a 3.5mm jack while the Nest does not, so I chose the Echo. I wanted that jack as a way to connect my Walkman and listen to my playlists instead of using Bluetooth and draining Walkman battery.My Echo arrived a few days ago and here is my review. Other smart speaker brands like Sonos, Bose, and Sony were way too expensive for my application and many were not fully compatible with all of the Alexa and Google features. That was a surprise. Plus, they were still mono speakers like the Echo and Nest.Amazon immediately sent a link so I could start the setup process before receiving the Echo. That also gave me time to download and take a good look at the Alexa app on my Android phone. This initial setup process only took a few minutes. When the Echo arrived, I read the documentation, then plugged it in and finished the setup process using the app. There are a lot of possible settings, but many didnât apply to me because I am not using any smart devices. This process also was easy.I plugged my Walkman into the 3.5 mm jack and didnât hear any audio. Later, I figured out that the jack can be configured as an output to another speaker or as an input from devices like my Walkman and the default is as an output. Problem solved.The buttons on top of the Echo are clearly marked and are raised, so they are easy to identify and operate. The Echo has some weight to it that makes it stable when placed on my desk or workbench. It is light enough to make it portable. The Echo is not considered as a portable device because it must be plugged in, so I added a power supply ($15 on Amazon) in my garage and now I do consider it portable. The ring at the bottom turns blue when Alexa is connected. There is a button to turn the microphone off if desired. The sound is pretty decent; not Hi-Fi but certainly good enough for my purposes and better than the portable Bluetooth speakers I initially looked at. The Bluetooth connection between the Echo and my Walkman took less than a minute to create. Thatâs great because my Walkman has had issues trying to connect to external speakers in the past. The Echo also recognized a Bluetooth signal from other devices in my house, but I didnât need to connect any of them.I had not planned to use the Echo as a smart device, but found it so easy and convenient that I am using it fairly often for weather forecasts, to find out what channel a game is on, for current news, and other things. Itâs fun and Alexa answers almost immediately. Some reviewers complained that they have to repeat requests or speak loudly to get a response from their Echo. I have not had any issues at all, even with Amazon Music playing and the volume up.The best thing is that Amazon was selling the Echo for half price when I purchased it. I neglected to choose a color so my order defaulted to blue. Itâs a soft blue and I like it. The only thing I donât like, and other reviews have commented on this, is that regardless of the Echo color the power supply and cable are white. They should be same color as the Echo.So far, I am thrilled with my purchase. Easy to setup, easy to use, responsive, sounds good, portable, and looks good. I can operate the Echo either directly through the speaker and buttons or through the Alexa app on my phone. Both work well. I started with my phone during setup, but now only use the speaker.Update: Amazon replaced my Echo with a new one. The hum problem is now resolved. It is just as responsive and sounds just as good as the original echo that I returned had has no issues. Now that I have spent some time with the Echo I am glad I chose it over the Google Nest.
Rustam Alikhodjaev –
Impressive again!
This is my third Echo device and second kind of. First two, Echo Pops, were purchased for my daughter. Actually, after I got one for her, she loved it so much that I decided to get another one for stereo and better sound overall. So she is happy! But the thing is after playing with Alexa while setting up my daughters Pops, I kind of fell in love with this device myself lol. So I bought a 4th generation Echo (thank you for Amazon Prime day and better price lol) and Iâm very happy now. So as you can see on one of my pics the Echo is definitely larger than Echo pop, therefore takes a bit of more room which might be Cons for someone, itâs more than twice expensive and still has a white power cord lol. Those were Cons. And other ten thousand reasons to buy it will be Pros. Well the first main advantage over the Pop for me is a noticeable sound quality improvement (which is understandable since the Echo is a way larger therefore a speaker itself is definitely larger). No, Iâm not trying to say Pop isnât good. Itâs a great speaker for its size and price, Iâm just talking about my preferences now. So for its size and price Echo is an amazing speaker, sound quality is more than just decent, has pretty nice bass, especially on lower volumes, excellent quality built, has a tripod thread (or wall mount or any standard mount screw hole I believe) and has different color choices. Alexa does its job exactly the same way as on Pops (no surprise lol). Iâve got the one you see on my pics (something like blue I believe) just in case, because Iâm still dreaming about its larger brother/sister (whatever lol) – Echo Studio. So âjust in caseâ means our kitchen cabinets color surprisingly matches my new Echo so Iâm thinking to move this useful companion to our kitchen in the future. I still feel Iâm a beginner in Alexa universe so she canât stop surprising me with my smart devices. With my new Echo I also ordered a smart bulb to see how it works together and of course Iâm pleasantly surprised – I donât have to lift my lazy bottom out of bed anymore, my bedroom nightstand light is voice operated now. Alexa turns it on or off, Alexa dims it to my desired preferences, Alexa turns it on in the mornings thanks to my routine group setting. Love the feature how easy to listen to my favorite music around our apartment now – I just asked Alexa to play music everywhere and my playlist started to sound on all 3 Echo devices we have (had to create an âeverywhereâ group before by the way). Just Amazing! Iâm not talking about thousands of other features Alexa offers like weather, news, history, songs etc⦠etc⦠etc⦠After my little experience with both Pop and Echo and all the features Alexa offers my point of view about Echo devices changes, and not to Alexa or AI side, they are not perfect yet, but definitely improving, and Alexa works equally on both devices, so here is a matter of future software updates. It changes towards the Echo devices now. I can clearly hear the sound difference, both, in my opinion, perfect for its size as I mentioned above, and especially its price range. Sorry for comparison, but my $200+ Bose speaker sound exactly the same as my new Echo (and Bose doesnât have Alexa living inside lol (or who knows maybe there is something Iâm not aware of yet, but Bose still canât beat the price). So after my first Echo Pop purchase, Iâm impressed again, now with even better sound quality. Even now, during my finger gymnastics writing this review Iâm thinking again to buy a next Echo for our bedroom and then Echo Studio for our living room. Oh, then garage, laundryâ¦â¦â¦etc. So pleasant to have that amazing feeling of satisfaction of spending money the right way lol. Hope someone will find my review helpful.
peter cawthorne –
The Echo 4 is actually beyond my expectations. It is physically fairly heavy, the quality of manufacture and finish is good. There is a standard screw thread tripod socket on the bottom of the Echo 4 and the power cable is about 2 metres long. I have two Echo 4âs which I easily paired using the Alexa app on my iPhone into a stereo group with left and right channels. I was also able to choose several streaming programs, including Amazon Music (default) and Apple Music. You can also use TuneIn, Spotify and Deezer. The amount of bass is very impressive and a bit heavy out of the box but you can adjust the bass, treble and midrange using the app or by asking Alexa. The communication ring light on the base of each unit is easily visible, itâs very âGortâ in operation, especially in a darkened room. I had seen in some influencer reviews complaints about putting the ring on the bottom but it works well in this location. Alexa, hears my voice even over fairly loud music about 90% of the time and when the music is playing at low levels all of the time.
Mir –
Replaced my decade old alarm clock with this and couldn’t be happier. She hears me from the hallway. She is like having a personal assistant, which is super helpful for me while recovering from a concussion I got a month ago. I can turn music on/off, volume up/down, set verbal reminders and alarms. With buying a smart plug I can turn my A/C on/off verbally or through the app. I can ask her questions, she’s very responsive and hasn’t gotten confused by my voice or wording yet. I dont know how I got through the last month without one. I think my Ma needs one for Christmas, dont know what youre missing til you have one.
Highway420 –
It kills me to only give 3 stars for this product because I love the entire Echo/Alexa series but this Echo 4 is just nothing special compared to the other ones and can never hear me when I call it. Sometimes I call it 7-9 times before giving up and asking Google Nest or another Echo device. The ring light on the bottom is a poor design choice as well. There’s just nothing new or exciting (besides colour) about Generation 4. Yes she’s a bit quicker but sometimes that’s a negative because she closes out before you get a chance to say anything/finish your question. Too much hassle to send back but will be last Amazon smart device until they come up with something new/exciting.I can’t even find any use or even mention of the zigbee hub. The one thing I love which is probably unimportant to most is the indoor temperature feature. Love knowing the temperature in my room by asking. This is extremely hard of hearing and never wakes up when I ask it to, yet wakes up when its dead quiet. Very strange experience this purchase. Hopefully Amazon can release a fix (OTA) for the hearing issue as its a major issue and walking to control the echo 4 defeats its purpose.Update- no firmware updates have fixed anything yet, I love my echoes but I wish I had of bought another one with a screen as I find those ones 1000 times more useful. A Red ball is cool looking but thatâs about it. Having a screen has spoiled me.
Christelle –
C’est parfait le son super !
Arawnka Shkola –
I love the design, the size and feel. The sound is adequate for my night music needs.The voice recognition is poor, making me repeat Alexa often. Whisper mode works well, so I donât understand why it does not wake when I say Alexa normal voice often.It lost my Sengle smart light just after a month of working perfectly…also a mystery why. Now it will not recognize the light at all. I will have to talk to the nice amazon techies soon.