Amazon - Echo Auto Smart Speaker with Alexa - Black

This echo connect easily connected to my Acura, I was able to connect to the app, now I can control my whole automated house hands free while driving. My only issue is with the mount I wanted to add to my dash as the provided mount was not useful connected to my air vents. So I got some Velcro from EZ-pass location and mounted just like my Ez-pass. Amazon please consider a different mounting strategy.

Easy setup took less than 5min for me I like to read instructions. Paired easily with my phone and car, then only issue I have is sometimes it has a short pause/ cutout. Other than that I love it, always love listening to my favs on long drives without having to reach for the phone. Simple voice command and she starts playing your station.

I had signed up for early access to Echo Auto. I have been using it just over a month now. The voice pick up works really well without hardly any miss cues considering sometimes noisy environment of a vehicle. It functions just like any echo device in your home and that is one of the short falls I think would make this a great device. Echo auto acts like it is sitting in your living room. It doesn't know you are driving or where you are at. I was hoping it would use GPS from your phone to know your location in which echo auto could give you relevant info. Not the case. It may not be a deal breaker, but be aware it assumes you are sitting in your living room. One other issue I have had is the amount of blutooth devices your phone can connect to. My phone is connecting to my vehicle radio, echo auto, and my watch. The watch seems to get booted when playing spotify through the radio using blutooth. Not huge deal but be aware of the amount of connections and disconnect possibilities. There is also a cable supplied to connect echo auto to a 1/8" input if your vehicle has one. The other short coming was the mount for the device itself. I found it totally unusable for my vehicle. Keep in mind that I was a beta user and the prime time echo auto may have changed mounts based on feedback. Over all the units works well. If you would like to have Alexa with you on your ride for questions, games, home automation, ect. this echo will do the job.

This was one of the more difficult Echo devices to setup. However, once it was setup, it was great. It's nice to have Alexa in the car with me. When I get lonely on a long drive, she tells me stories to keep me company. Sometimes, when I get sleepy driving, she'll scream at me to wake me up. She has definitely saved my life a time or two. I don't know what I would do without her. I think I might be falling in lo... On a more serious note, it is great having access to all of my music like Pandora, iHeart, and Amazon Music. Also, if I want to check a sports score or inquire about an internet search, she does that, too. You can also control all of your smart home features. So, when I pull in the drive way I can say, Alexa, turn on the living room lights. Then I don't have to come into a dark house. The air vent mount is a nice touch, but I would also like to have a magnetic mount for mounting this flat on my dash. I don't really like the air vent option for my vehicle, and I have a few flat surfaces that would work great for mounting. If you are an Alexa lover, then I would definitely recommend putting her in the car with you. Just don't let your wife know!

I love having an assistant in the vehicle for true hands free and distraction free driving. I purchased the Garmin speak a couple years ago and this functionally does better. I’m able to play any streaming music, use smart home products, routines, etc. My one negative on the product is its aesthetics. The device itself is a bit awkward as a rectangle, but more importantly how it’s mounted is limiting. You have to mount it to the vent, there’s no alternative and it looks clunky. The rubber piece that holds the wires in place fell off after a day so I had to super glue it back. Not the best mechanism, but certainly showing improvements from the Garmin Speak.

Yes it will dig up the classic blues tune from the early Stones and yes it will turn the lights and plugs on at home. Set up needs bluetooth and WiFi but can work just fine with a jack to your audio input if your car does not do Bluetooth (cable provided. Also it takes a power cable and provides that and a dual USB power adapter. If you car is not new enough to have an operating internet connection you can use your phone and yest Alexa can call home. device has an adapter to attach to your car vent but if you have an odd vent you can Velcro it to the dash.

I didn’t know these existed , I saw it on a Nationwide commercial and went out and got one , I have one for the home and love it so I figured I’d like the auto also , I had trouble getting it to work at first but called customer service , he told me to download the app again and that fixed the problem, for no reason it disconnected from my device twice and I had to go in and reconnect it , it works fine now , the only problem I have is that it sometimes can’t understand some of my command which is why I didn’t give it 5 stars

It’s Admittedly a bit clunky for what it does, but as long as you can hide it out of sight it works pretty well. I constantly try both “Hey Siri” and “Alexa” while driving, Alexa always wins in terms of accuracy this device.