Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Echo Dot 3 is an attractive, compact device. It's a decent speaker with good, clear sound. Where it falls short is where you need it most. 1) Alexa's voice is WAY TOO LOUD! More often than not I find myself just unplugging at night to avoid the temptation to speak the wake word and have her blurt out at high volume like some drunk girl at a party that's already wound down. As it is dependent on wifi, any command while not connected will prompt a super loud reply, like say volume down while using the bluetooth function to stream shows or music. Same for when it connects to a device. She just yells out the device serial number. I've tried to find ways to quiet her voice level vs music and I just don't see the option anywhere. 2) For it to be a smart speaker that is compatible with smart devices it sure doesn't seem all that smart. It still needs to be manually connected to other devices that A) that are in the same network, B) have Alexa C) Have Alexa under the same account... D) Are streaming Amazon content. Feels like 2008 all over again. The Alexa app is ok but nowhere near as intuitive as it should be. 3) Echo Dot 3 is NOT a portable, speaker as it has no battery. Maybe they're saving that feature for the 4. I've never had a desktop speaker that I couldn't take with me. There are however 3rd party devices available to remedy this. Overall, like I said, decent sound device. As long as you have stable wifi and the patience to constantly adjust the volume and to the situation you should be fine with it.

Bought three of these and added them to my other Alexa device collection, have one in every room of my 6000 sq ft home. Just love what these devices can do and then grouping them to allow for music to play in multiple rooms at the same time is great too, Lots of skills that can be downloaded to provide all sorts of automation, I have them control the TV, BluRay, fans, lights, in all rooms, very cool.

I bought 2 Amazon Echo Dots for my daughter for a stocking stuffer at Christmas thinking she would probably be returning them ... but we had so much fun playing with them we ended up buying 3 more so we would have one in every room! You can use them for many tasks, but I enjoy them for music, news & weather. The sound is amazing for thier size. We got the larger Echo for the family room due to improved sound!

This is a nice addition to the existing Alexa, sounds good and is small and out of the way

Easy to setup, easy to use. Excellent sounds! It's a must have in all of your rooms.

I have been putting off getting an Echo for a while. I don’t know why but I finally got one. Two days later I got a second one! I am just learning all the possibilities. Listening to XM in the home is much simpler now. Just say, “Alexa, play xxxx on SiriusXM.” Also, walking into a dark house is no longer an issue. A simple command will turn on the lights. There are many more things for me learn about with Alexa.

Very easy to set up. I like to use it to play background music

Good product, easy to use. Nice looking, easy to set up.

Sound is fantastic. Used mostly as house intercom, controlling lights and housewide music.

If you use Amazon at all this is a purchase that pays for itself. You can sync it with your Amazon account. I don't use the shopping aspect of it but mainly ask it questions or will have it play my Amazon music. Amazon music has such a wide selection and its volume gets really loud so you can listen to it throughout the house. It has been a big hit here.

I bought everyone in my family a dot for Christmas gifts this year. Very easy to set-up! I have my Christmas tree and porch lights connected for automation. I even added my work out routine with timers as a custom blueprint. The games are great too! I especially love the drop-in feature that I use to check in with the kids or use as an intercom! Alexa even connects to my firestick and controls my tv functions.

I love the amazon Echo dot. It has good sound for a small room and it was easy to set up.

Purchased as a gift. Easy to set-up and use. Great sound and works well with Sonos system

Great product. Easy to set up and use. Great sound go a small device. Love it!

Love it I use it for music and my blinds It works great! A must!

It is so easy to set up reminders, be it periodic reminders or one off reminder. Sound is much improved from previous echo dot. For web searches, I find google voice to be better.

This is the perfect product for elderly people, especially if they live alone. It allows them the safety of being able to contact help if they have fallen and cannot get up. They are able to call for help by simply asking Alexa to call daughter or son or emergency. Simply program your phonebook with their name and number and they can just ask for the first name and then Alexa can call directly for help. This adds a very big piece if mind to know they can quickly contact you if they need help. It also answers questions like what time is it or what is the weather forecast. Or it will play their favorite music by just requesting Alexa to play their music. You can even program Alexa to turn on and off lights and other things at a certain time or on demand.

Great sound from such a small speaker, which is a little larger then 2nd gen dot.

We are getting used to Alexa for turning on the lights, playing music and setting alarms!

Really nice sound in a better looking dot. It’s a little bigger but it’s teall great