Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Echo Dot is compact and doesn't take up much room. Sound quality is good for such a small unit. Easy to setup.

I have met the future and her name is Alexa. Most of us know Amazon for their great Amazon Prime shopping feature. I mean who doesn’t love free two-day shipping. However, today I’ll be talking about Amazon’s foray into the future of voice activated technology. The Amazon Echo Dot. Specifically the second generation model. Due to the success of the first model and competition from Google Home, Amazon introduced the second – gen Amazon Echo Dot back in October of 2016. What is the Echo Dot? Simply, it’s a hands-free, voice-activated small device with a built – in speaker. Dot can do all kinds of cool things, it can play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather and more – instantly. In the Box: Packaging for the Dot is as simple as the device itself. Inside you get the Dot, a power adapter (9watt), a USB charging cable and basic instructions for setting up your new Echo Dot. Setup for the Dot couldn’t be easier. Just download the free Alexa app which is available for Fire OS, Android, IOS and desktop browsers. Once that’s done, open the app and follow the instructions to connect Dot to your Wifi network. Now you’re ready to say hello to Alexa. Alexa is actually one of four “wake” words you can use to activate your Dot. You can also use Echo, Amazon, or if you’re a Trekkie you can now use your computer. A friend of mine actually had to use a different wake word because they have a daughter named Alexa, which you can imagine caused some interesting problems. Speaking of kids, they will also love Alexa. I have two young nephews and when they come over they love asking Alexa questions or have her tell them corny jokes. Like most young kids they love Sponge Bob and got a real kick when they asked Alexa “who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” And she responded “Sponge Bob Squarepants.”

My mom has the full-sized echo but she has a 3BR 2-story house and I live in a 1BR apartment, so I went with the Dot. I love it so far! It was easy to set up, I did so as soon as I got home. I set it to recognize my voice and I use it to play music on spotify or pandora, and to control the lights (smart plugs) in my bedroom and living room. It is very responsive, easy to use, and takes up no space at all! Good sound quality for such a little device. Adds the perfect touch of modern elegance to my living room.

This is super cool product with very cheap price. I use it every day to listen to music, wheather forecast, news, radio, etc. I love this tiny friend Alexa so much.

I got this Amazing echo dot gen 2 on sale for $30 right before gen 3 was released. I already knew about the new echo dot when I bought this but wanted to save some money. I haven’t listened to the newer dot to compare the two. The built in speaker is not very loud for music and is really only good to hear Alexa assistant or talking in general. This is great however that it allows you to pair this with any Bluetooth speaker to send the audio to much better speakers. I am also using this with the 3.5 mm line out cable to hook this to my non Bluetooth Sony alarm clock that is way too old to have built in Bluetooth. I really like being able to send audio via Bluetooth to my sony sound bar by voice command! Google cast with that same sound bar is very cool also. I also have the Insignia smart portable google Home speaker that goes on sale for very cheap prices all the time! I like the Insignia speaker better even though it doesn’t have a 3.5 mm line out jack and is not as versatile in working with any Bluetooth speakers as far as I can tell so far. The google assistant seems to answer my questions more often than Alexa. Also google assistant is much more chatty in general than Alexa. Kind of like a digital friend than a cold robotic assistant. For the price I paid though I think this is a good assistant to add to your smart home along side google.

This is a great little device / assistant. I keep it in the entry hallway, when I walk in the door I say "Alexa, lights on" activating and turning on my Philips Hue lights.The small footprint of the dot makes it great for entryways or small spaces. Occasionally, I will leave music playing as a nice relaxing greeting when I arrive home. I also use the dot as a member of my Amazon Echo home intercom system. Love it! Multi-function, small footprint and great price.

This Amazon Dot is a welcome addition to my Amazon Alexa. Because so many times I've wanted to ask Alexa a question or settle a friendly argument with my boyfriend about a movie or actor. Well sometimes that meant getting out of bed, walking down the hall, hanging over the banister and yelling downstairs to Alexa. But now that I have The Dot "Dottie" all of my answers are just a few feet and sometimes only inches away. Because it lives on my night stand and I can ask her questions through out the entire upstairs. It's smaller but as effective and useful as the full size Alexa at 1/3 of the price. I love it!!!

When I opened the box I was surprised by the size. It can hear me from anywhere in the room. Easy to connect to compatible devices. Let's you pair Bluetooth devices via the Alexa app. You can mute it if you don't want to use it.

Love this dot and the echo, have both now. Echo in living area and dot in bedroom. Too cool all you can do, too many to list. Try one and likely you won't return it. Bought a dot for my daughter yesterday.

At first, I was skeptical about buying the Amazon Echo Dot because of being "locked" into an echo system ran entirely through Amazon. It's great to know that the Echo has a large following of companies that support it. I personally got it to see if I can integrate into stuff to convert my stuff into smart appliances (like my lights and space heater, and certain switches throughout my home.). Once I had these features setup, the Echo became more and more useful as more and more stuff came out (you add "skills" to your Echo to add features) I was blown away to know that I can order pizza (dominos and Pizza Hut so far), play music via Amazon Prime Music (free month trial and only $3 bucks afterwards), use Bluetooth to pair your phone to it, have it tell you news/weather/traffic and even play games via skills. My only major gripe about it is the speaker on it is very quiet but it does have an auxiliary jack to connect it to a bigger sound system or via Bluetooth speaker as well (mine is actually connected to a compact JVC mini shelf system.

Alexa is so much fun to use! She has funny "Easter eggs" that you can discover. I won't spoil those for you! She is very useful at turning on devices that are compatible with her.

I am a huge fan of the Alexa Products, these little devices are affordable and coordinate to every room in my house. I love this one and got it to match my bedroom, since my bedroom is all black and brown. Once you have one, you want to fill your whole house with them, just like me. This one is my new favorite as black is a clean crisp color. it is loud, hears your clearly and reacts in a timely manner.

I have nothing but good things to say about my Echo Dot. Using Alexa to keep me abreast with my everyday activities, weather and the learning new things.

I bought Echo Dot because I couldn't ever find the shows I wanted to watch on dish. Now all I have to do is ask Alexa. She answers questions too. She is great as a kitchen timer. She can play music you like. I use her with a Bluetooth Bose sound wave. There are endless possibilities for her use. I am still learning but it was a great Anniversary gift so far

Just the perfect companion for me! She gives me the right info - weather, time, sets the alarm, gives me inspirational thoughts!

Great product! Downloading app n easy to follow directions to set up the echo dot. Confused at first but finally got it done. My grandchildren enjoy it a lot. I enjoy listening to music, especially at night. Also, like the size- not too big! I would definitely recommend this to anyone.

The sleek compact design allows for this to be placed prominently anywhere in the home or office and not look out of place. You will have expanded access to Alexa through your home or office. As well you can use this as a Bluetooth speaker for your devices. With the special pricing recently, I purchased multiple units for myself and as gifts.

The sleek compact design allows for this to be placed prominently anywhere in the home or office and not look out of place. You will have expanded access to Alexa through your home or office. As well you can use this as a Bluetooth speaker for your devices. With the special pricing recently, I purchased multiple units for myself and as gifts.

This thing is so cool! Will play your music when you tell it to, set your alarm and wake you up if you need it to, turn your lights on and off when you want it to. It is the coolest little thing I've ever had!

This echo dot is a great little device with a lot of expandability. It can play your music as is, or can connect to home theater with a standard audio cable. I use the dot connected to a better sounding bluetooth speaker. It's always on and always connected. Alexa plays what i want and when i want. I use 3 wemo light switches. Alexa turns on Lamp, Living Room Lights and Kitchen Lights. She'll turn on/off one at a time on my command or she'll turn them all on/off at once as a group of Lights. Even my wife loves it and uses it a lot more than i thought she would!