Customers value the Echo (1st generation) for its sound quality and ease of use, frequently citing these as top features. Many also appreciate its home automation capabilities and the convenience of accessing weather information and managing shopping lists. However, some customers expressed concerns about the price point and occasional issues with battery life, response time, connectivity, and setup.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
What Can't Alexa Do?
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What's not to like? This thing does it all. If you are a trivia buff, you will be occupied for hours, So much info in a small cylinder with a tiny footprint. It is unobtrusive, fits in with any decor. Keeps the grandkids busy for hours.What will they think up next? It's already been replaced by a similar unit with a screen. (the look). It performs as they say, with enough microphones that can hear across a loud room. The speakers are good, but don't expect to be blown away.
My advice...find it on a big sale and enjoy.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (1st generation) - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great house hold item in general
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This works as advertised...I use it every day.
Sounds great...quality made.
It's like having another family member.
So glad we got it!
This review is from Amazon - Echo (1st generation) - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Home automation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great connected home device
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Alexa works very well and will connect to many of your automated home systems. There's a great amount of freestanding applications as well.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
very easy to set up and use
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I was especially glad it was so easy to get it connected and start using.
Some of the limitations is how you ask Alexa a question, Sometimes you have to word the question different in order to get a useful response.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (1st generation) - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great product
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This unit has a speaker built-in. The bullet has to be connected to an external source in order for it to obey the commands. Great purchase
This review is from Amazon - Echo (1st generation) - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Home automation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
too cool - funny to have
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I would have to say this things is so cool. control most of my plug in stuff, like AC in the room turns it on and off with the modular
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for answering questions
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I’m enjoying it answer most question and play my music we can ask it anything. I’m still learning new things to do with echo
This review is from Amazon - Echo (1st generation) - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love the ease of use
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
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We've programmed Alexa to turn the TV on and off. Also find the quality of the sound from Pandora music is great.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (1st generation) - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
So easy to use, One of the best purchases i made.
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Alexa is so simple to set up and so fun to use. We love it and use it all of the time. We keep it in the kitchen so it's easily accessible.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (1st generation) - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Extremely useful
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They've done a great job with the voice recognition and it works with so many different services and has so many capabilities. Loving Alexa
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Hands Free Speaker!
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This an amazing speaker. Absolutely great sound! The capabilities are endless. I would recommend this product to everyone. Very pleased!
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great product
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Great item. The sound is good. The microphone is very sensitive. Alexa is good and hopefully will get smarter with more added features.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good speaker in small pavkage
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I bought the echo after falling in love with the echo dot. The functionality of the speaker is fantastic and the sound quality is much better on this speaker than the dot. All in all a great speaker that's fun to use!
This review is from Amazon - Echo (1st generation) - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Alexia is Aweome!!
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I use Alexia every day to turn on lights (zwave) and change channel on my TV (logitech harmony hub). I have a few DOTs around the house too.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I love the Echo!
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The Echo is very easy to set up and super easy to use. I am amazed at the songs that I can ask Alexa to play! I am thrilled with my Echo!!
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Home automation
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
great technology
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I Love my echo. I use my echo for just about everything. I've set up my lights, my tv, I also ask it several questions almost every day. My wife uses it to get cooking measurements. I play music and games as well.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
GREAT product
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We have this in our kitchen and love listening to music or asking questions for things we don’t know. Must have item.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome speakers
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Alexa is pretty good. Makes listening to music more fun. A lot of capabilities apart from just music.....news, games etc. We like it!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great product, great sound.
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Finally a woman who listens to me ;) Great sound from the speaker and great voice recognition. My third echo and I'm loving all it can do.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (1st generation) - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Worth purchasing and using.
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Cool item. Also purchased the Dot to use upstairs. Very convenient verses finding/picking up the phone. Love the daily Jeopardy questions.
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