Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Amazon echo dot is a really great smart speaker. I have 3 of them so far throughout my house along with 2 Homepods. The echo dots are good for a bedroom and areas like that. The bigger speakers will be wanted in areas like your living room.

The sound quality is great for a small device. The style of the 3rd gen is much better than the new version. I will buy another when on sale again. This one is my 2nd.

The sound quality of the speaker in this gen3 model is much better than my echo dot gen2 that I have. I like how this looks with the fabric sides. It is larger and heavier than the gen2 model (probably because of a larger speaker inside). It comes with a large power adapter and the connector is no longer micro usb but a circular plug similar to the audio connector. So no longer able to use this in the car like with gen2 (if you wanted to do that) because of the different connector and larger power adapter needed.

Just get it ITLL MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER! just talk to your home and it works.

Great buy. Easy to set up and use. Even the grandkids use it. Received a nice bonus bulb with this purchase. The only thing is when WiFi is down. It’s down to. But otherwise would purchase again. Great as gifts.

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.

Full disclosure - My home is a google smart home, but this item came free as a bonus from another purchase over the holidays. I wanted to try it out just to check the differences between my google home minis. My only complaint is that I wished all of the smart home companies worked together and were all user friendly with one another...oh well...maybe someday in the future we can all learn to get along : )

I got it only because it was a good deal and I never had an alexa device in my home. Always wanted to. I actually love this little thing. Its perfect.

Plays music from my Amazon Music account. Plays iHeart, Spotify, and others as well. The sound is very good for such a small speaker. We use it to create a shopping list too. Great value!!

Great value. I gave as a gift. Small echo but it does the job. We had it for over 6 months. We are use to it and love it.

It was a Christmas gift and my Uncle loved it now he can play his music in his room and fall asleep to the rain easy to program and easy set up so if you know someone that loves music new and entertainment it's a good buy

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.

This is my second echo dot in the house. Love them both! You can link them to your ring doorbell, and any music apps. You can also drop in on another Alexa from your echo dot or your cellphone which is great. Easy set up as well.

Love love love my echo dots. I have various and they are so convenient. I can ask for the weather or to turn lights on & off. I ask for info and my kids ask questions for help with school, or to find music. Love love love!

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.

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

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.

My Echo Dot is doing exactly what I was expecting it to do for me. Playing my favorite music and giving me the latest news. I love it!

Amazon's third-generation Echo Dot ($49) looks good and sounds great. With vastly improved audio, it's now a distinctly better smart speaker than the Google Home Mini, and can replace the larger $99 Echo for less picky folks.

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.