Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great fun trying out the different "skills." I don't have any "smart home" devices, but I do listen to music when I'm doing tasks. The echo makes it very easy to find stuff I like (I did subscribe to Amazon Music, which has an enormous library).

I've been contemplating on expanding into a smart home for quite some time, and getting the Echo was a great first step. I hope to get pretty good at it's functions. It's easy to use, recognizes my voice very well and pretty much does what I ask.

I would say Its a great Product Especially if You have high tech Gear all around your home to connect to Besides As a Speaker it has Pretty good Bass sounds Great!

Takes little time to adjust to what you ask for at first. But works well.

I purchased the Amazon echo a little over a month ago. I like the concept of the echo but unfortunately it's not as responsive as I had hoped. Trying to get local news is nearly impossible. It's also not in sync with my Amazon account. Packages I ordered on Amazon that are delivered, it will still tell me are still in route. I think the speaker is a decent quality and I stream music quite often. I probably would not buy it again. Too expensive for the limited things it can do. Again, I like the concept but it still needs a lot of improvements. It's advertised as though it will make your life easier but other than creating a shopping list for me, I have not had an overwhelming life enhancing experience.

Great addition to the house from everything for playing music on demand a timer ocean sounds at night and the skills are always expanding well worth the purchase

Great addition to the home can take it to various spots in the home clear sound! User friendly, and easy to sync. Set up make sure u download the App in advance

Easy to set up and use. new skills being added all the time. we now have two echo and a dot in the house. makes playing music all over so easy and convenient.

I've been considering the whole "smart home" phenomenon for a while. Even though I love tech in general, this particular aspect didn't seem to have much appeal for me personally. My impression was that it hadn't quite arrived yet. Then some friends got the Echo along with the Hue lighting system and the Nest thermostat. When I saw how well it all integrated and just how cool it is, I was intrigued. That was enough for me to take the plunge. Now I have all three and I love how they all work together. Alexa is at the heart of it with many handy features. She can give me weather, traffic and news. She can turn on or turn off my lights and adjust the heat. She can set a timer when I'm cooking. She can check my Google calendar to remind me of appointments and birthdays. She can answer many (but certainly not all) of my random trivia questions. Some of her responses are funny and cute Easter eggs. Her built-in shopping and to-do lists are rather basic, so I haven't found much use for them yet. She processes my requests, with only the occasional misunderstanding. Her microphones are sensitive enough to hear me in the living room from the top of the stairs in my townhome (although I did get the optional remote for the bedroom). Only sometimes do I have to repeat myself if I don't speak clearly enough or my phrasing is awkward. Amazingly, she knows to control the correct fixture when, for example, I accidentally say "table lamp" instead of "table light," as the bulb is actually labeled in the system. The setup was quick and easy, both for the Echo itself and the integration with the Nest and the Hue bridge. The app is easy to use, with only one minor issue (see below). Her internal speakers aren't spectacular, but they're acceptable for background music while doing chores or puttering around the house. Using the app to establish a connection to the Bluetooth adapter for my old stereo system wasn't particularly intuitive, but following the instructions posted on the Amazon web site got it done. Now I can stream music through the Echo itself or through my stereo for better quality, depending on my mood. You can integrate services like Pandora and Spotify, but I just use Amazon Prime Music, since I already subscribe to it. Naysayers will rightly point out that you can do all of the above things with other simpler devices, and of course, they're right. The Echo is certainly a luxury, a toy even, but it is fun and useful for me. In my experience and for my purposes, it works well with only minor limitations. It met and exceeded my expectations. You have to judge the overall value for yourself, but if you're already considering the Echo and what it can do for you, I strongly recommend it.

Great addition to the home. You can switch off lights in other rooms, use it to create appoint lists and dance the morning into life using the amazon music feature.

We use the Amazon echo for everything from News updates to the weather report to playing our favorite music to controling lights in our home no complaints love it

The echo sounds great music fills up the room. Makes life easier answers your questions turns lights on and off weather news her skills are endless. I love it

I love the ease with which I was able to set up and connect Alexa to the internet in my home. I set an alarm to get up to go to the gym, a reminder for things, ask her the weather and she wakes me with the trivia of the day - which is sometimes very amusing !! I also ask her the news, the weather and what's on my calendar for the day. Every day I try something new and am always delighted with her and amazed by each new attribute of my Echo. I have a Dot in my bedroom as well and plan to add one to my home office. I think I'm becoming addicted to these wonderful and helpful units.

The Echo is the current standard in the marketplace, and with good reason. It is easy to set up and use and compatible with an ever-expanding list of products.

I purchased this as an experiment to see if we would use a digital assistant. To my surprise it is used everyday, from the simple items such as playing music through to maintaining a shopping list and even playing jeopardy with it. Overall a great product.

My whole family loves it! We love listening to music. Alexa eill search for so many things on the net :-). We even programmed the cofee machine to turn on qith Alexa!! The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is because I wish it also spoke Spanish.

The echo was easy to set up and connect to Spotify and the sound quality is good. It's pretty good at basic questions like time and weather but it's natural language understanding isn't as good at understanding and answering more complex questions.

Using the Echo has been fun. Setup was easy. Being able to use multiple timers and alarms is excellent. Also when I have an unusual question, she has an answer. Voice interface is very good, always understands My American and my wife’s Philippine English.

Looks good, does everything I was hoping for, perfect for older people

Alexa does all that was described. It is like having an assistant who selects your music, makes a shopping list and even buys things I need. She tells jokes too!