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
Fun and useful and making me lazy.
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Still learning the uses for Echo, and it seems I will never fully understand as new uses are add almost daily via Amazon and the never ending apps that are added.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
easy config..
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Setup my New Echo and had it become a new active family member in a few moments ! Very coo and very conversational ! New , Weather traffic reports .. does it all !!!
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love this
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My family love the amazon echo ! We use it all the time. The kids love to hear her tell jokes. Can't wait to add another one to have in another part of our house.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Christmas
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I have one myself and I bought 2 more as Christmas gifts while they were on sale. Sometimes Alexa has a hard time giving you the answer. I guess I have to work on how I have to ask to get the correct response. Otherwise, I enjoy Alexa Echo.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Echo is great
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Was not sure of which was better, but went with the Echo. We are quite pleased and use it all the time. Still learning all the ins and outs, but it is very good.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Exceptional device that does everything
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Really like the echo. This is my second one. I put this one in the kitchen. I got this one because of the size and needed one to be centrally located in my house.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The echo was easy to set up and use!
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Easy, great tone, and amazing!
I gave it as a gift and they had no problem setting it up with Amazon. Listen to music immediately and it obeyed commands . Great !
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
pretty cool
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this item is pretty loud for it's size but the commands that you tell it have to be pretty specific. for example, when you tell her to play some music you have to be specific as to what station and that it's on pandora. not amazing but pretty cool
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love me some Echo
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Was not sure I would like or use Echo that much, but now that I have installed and using, it is great for questions, notifications and keeping me up to date.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Price, Setup
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Does not work properly
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Device does not stay connected to wifi, always disconnecting. This makes product unusable for alarms and timers. When used to work with harmony, at times, does not turn on all devices. Over priced and overrated. Purchased Google Home, for the past week, it has not lost contact with wifi, and works perfectly with harmony hub. Difficult setup with echo, even with 5-6 times with echo support, they can't figure it out. Wish I could return, not too late.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Alexa as gifts
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Bought the Alexa as a Christmas gift family and co-workers. They all have raved about Alexa being their "best friend". Unfortunately, I didn't get one for myself.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A++ Gadget
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Awesome product and it controls my new Sony LED Television. I only wish I had waited to purchase my first one because of the amazing sale price on this one.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Helpful tool
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This product is very helpful in my day to day life as well as entertainment. I love playing a music on Amazon Echo when I am not in mood searching them in youtube.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Fun to use
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Nice to play with, think they have to train themselves first because it seems like she doesn't know as much as we had hoped. Will update it I get her hooked to my smart tv or lights.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great innovative technology.
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Amazon Alexa is the hottest new electronics product out there and for good reason. We are using it daily and haven't begun to tap its full potential applications.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
HOT!!! FIRE!!!
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Amazon Echo is the bee's knees. You can talk to it and stuff and it talks back and does stuff for you. I use it mostly for playing music and making grocery lists.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Does everything and can send messages to others
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Great personal assistant, calender works well
, and you can message friends who have an Alexa. List for grocery store works well and sports updates are great
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Cons mentioned:
Price
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your money!
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If I could give it a lower rating, I would.This is nothing more than a speaker, and a big one.It is NOT wireless so you cannot even take it outside w/o a power source. You cannot ask questions and have Alexa search answers. Very expensive. Would like to try google but since I cannot return this - I can't justify the price. Everyone said give it time to like Alexa. I gave it too much time and did not realize you had to return within a time frame (my bad).
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No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Alexa Rocks
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great for streaming music, getting weather or news flashes, and we always enjoy trying to answer the extra Jeopardy question from each category every night.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love my new little friend Alexa
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The Echo is quick to setup, easy to move around the house and outside to listen to music. I love my new friend Alexa and all the features that come with this product.
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