Customer Ratings & Reviews

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.

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.

Bought this Alexa for my daughter for Christmas. She enjoys music and I figured she’d love it compared to using YouTube to listen to music. We have the Show and I can communicate with her through the Alexas if need be.

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.

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.

Nice little dot, not real good with these kind of things but I like it so far, not a complaint about it as of yet ty.

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.

Very good and value for the price. I bought for gifting and all love it a lot. Good sound and when play music I love it

Love this little speaker, I pack it with me everywhere I go. Sounds great for it's size and battery last a couple of days with it being used daily.

I purchased this unit as a Secret Santa gift. After the person won it, I explained to them how the Alexa units work and how simple they tend to make life. She went off and bought one for each bedroom of her house (she loved it so much after using it for a week).

This is my second echo, it is in my living room / dining room area (small home). I love it. Just recently, I set up a few routines, which I really like. I also got a smart power strip, and now I can voice control turning on my lamp, seems silly but it is nice.

Was originally hesitant to venture into this whole smart home thing but it's pretty cool. Integration to other devices is easier than I thought.

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.

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".

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.

Surprise free bonus which was included with the purchase of a TV. The Echo Dot has the ability to play music, answer questions, as well as many other features. It is hands free and very portable.

This sits next to the armchair in front of the of our new smart TV. Could we control the TV with a remote? Sure, but this makes everything just that much easier, especially for my vision impaired mother who can't clearly see remote buttons.

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.

We bought this $20 item to add to our existing 2 Echo Dot (3rd gen), because it is so convenient and nice to access the info by voice activation. It is light weight and can be placed anywhere in a room without taking up much space.