Customer Ratings & Reviews

I purchased the Echo Dot to assist an elderly friend with vision problems. It has proved very helpful in assisting her with knowing dates and times as reading clocks and watches became impossible. She is enjoying music and asking informational questions.

This came with another purchase. I didn’t anticipate using it much, but I love adding groceries without typing on my phone. I also love that anyone in the house can add groceries. My children have fun asking her questions too.

The size of the echo dot makes it easy to place anywhere in a room however the cord sticks out very noticeably. The microphones work very well. I was really surprised how well the microphones registered voice commands even 15 feet away while speaking normally. For the size, the quality of the speakers are what you would expect. Its size and how easily it picks up what you say make it perfect for adding smart home voice controls to any room.

Picking up a 3rd generation echo dot for under $30 is a no brainer. The smart function, easy of use and control of other smart home devices led me to Anazons Alexa. Purchased several for different rooms and the audio quality is excellent for such a small speaker.

Me and my husband absolutely love this echo, we bought three, connected all of them via Bluetooth and we use them as speakers for around the house or we use them by themselves. Plus, they sound fantastic, a good upgrade if you want to change your echo dot 2nd gen.

Mom has mobility issues these days and should not be trying to get around in the dark. Have paired this with WIFI light bulbs. Now she can tell the lights to come on, and they do. Also love the ability to use as phone in emergency.

Great device that provides an extra layer of function to my small classroom. The music is soothing to the students and when we are practicing the timer is awesome.

We have added this dot to guest bedroom. Our guest love it as have WeMo plug and they are able turn table light off or on when going to sleep and also need to get up in dark room can ask Alexa to turn on light. Also they can ask weather when visiting.

Compact easy to use. Pretty good sound for size and picks up voice at an amazing distance.

I got this as a package deal with the Ring doorbell 2 for my parents. I have the previous generation at home and I have to say I may be switching to these. They are a bit bigger but the sound has improved a lot. Try and buy them when they are on sale.

Ease of setup was a plus. Mostly used as a speaker for music to and to check weather. Still somewhat paranoid about having a device always listening, but the ability to mute the mic is great. I received the product free with a purchase, otherwise I would not have purchased it, but it serves a purpose in my home.

My son loves this device! He enjoys listening to music and asking what will the weather be like for today.

Great, fast and responsive. Such a powerful small household speaker. Has multiple settings. Great overall sound too.

Personally, I am fairly deeply immersed in the Google Assistant environment. I bought this for my parents, as they have an Amazon Fire TV Stick to stream live TV via Playstation Vue. For that use case, the Echo Dot works great, as you can easily link the Dot to the Fire TV Stick to tune to different channels on PS Vue, watch a certain movie on Prime Video, etc. I also like the Xbox integration, and the speaker's sound quality is pretty impressive on the new generation for how small it is. That being said, the Echo's capabilities can be limited in some areas. For example, shortly after I set the device up, the Dot's light ring began to glow orange. I didn't know what that meant, so I decided to experiment and ask the Echo. "Sorry, I don't understand" was the response from the Dot. I asked my Google Home the same question, and it listed what each color of the light ring on the Dot indicated. Sometimes it seems like the Dot can't even return an answer that only requires a simple internet search. The bottom line to me is- if you're integrated into Amazon's ecosystem, or there are specific skills that the Echo can perform that the Google Home devices can't, then I'd recommend the Echo Dot. For most people, I would lean toward the Google Home environment.

I have 10 of these throughout the house. They are great and mostly used to talk to other family members that are in other parts of the house and to announce things like "I'm on my way home from the grocery store please come out and help".

Does everything advertised. Very good hearing, I never have to repeat and it actually understands what I say. This is my second one (I have one in the garage, where I work a lot) and one in my office.

Echo dot is easy to use and very simple device, the sound is okay but it does most of the things other higher level echo devices. If you just want to have an Alexa command device with decent sound, it should work out just fine.

I love my little echo I asked for the weather I asked for reminders, and she always delivers highly recommend

Received one of these for free when we bought our new TV. Came back and got two more for other rooms of the house. Now we can have music throughout the house as well as an intercom system using the "Drop In" function. Great item for the money.

Easy to use and navigate. I bought two as Christmas presents for my grown children after they came over and throughly enjoyed asking Alexia to do things. My husband has set it up to control the lights and Christmas tree.