Customer Ratings & Reviews

Let me start by saying I hardly ever get to use the Amazon Echo...my kids have taken over and talk to "Alexa" like their long lost sister. every morning "Alexa, what is the weather", "Alexa, play xxx song" and so on. It has been a great addition to our smart electronics and we are continuing to learn new things about the echo and how to add an increasing number of other items to the controls. Very fun and very useful at the same time.

Search engine could be better ,but fine for simple questions. Great for playing music.

Amazon echo is an amazing product. I researched and read reviews and they seemed too good to be true. I purchased the Echo from Best Buy for my husband's birthday. It was very easy to set up. ALexa is very charming. This is like having a computer that answers all your questions, plays music, and creates lists. This is truly a wonderful voice recognition device.The sound as a music speaker is great. It's a hit with the whole family.

I really love my Echo, love the voice controls and the ease of life now that ALexa is here.

Easy setup, great sound, stylish, and fun to use! I'd love one for every room in my home!

I previously purchased this item for my son and daughter as Christmas presents. They both enjoyed it so much and indicated they used it primarily to play music and ask questions. They have also used it to utilize the Alexa skills i.e. playing games, use as a timer etc.. I purchased this item in anticipation of the impending integration with the Sonos speaker system which I have installed throughout the house. I am very excited to learn that the integration is coming soon and will provide another review once I have had an opportunity to operate my Sonos speaker via voice command.

Echo does exactly as advertised. It will tell you the weather, jokes and some fun facts. using the skills you can add different features and for the most part they work. For it to really be big it has to continue to add features that the everyday user has an interest in. If you don't get the wording just right echo will not carry out the command. in the skills set you always have to start with a common phrase to get it to understand. This could be a pain because if you forget the exact phrase it will not work. Overall a great product well made and has great potential to be the star of the home automation.

This is really a great product. Ask whats on your mind to Alexa, and she answers. We have enable many skills for echo, and all of them are very amazing. Wish it can have a context building module, which it can remember and build some context. Other than that this product is very good, volume and sound is superb, louder than portable bluetooth devices. I like the white color better than black color.

We originally purchased the Echo to play music in our master bedroom/bathroom leveraging out Amazon Prime account. Now that we've been using it we've found countless uses for it. We're so happy with it we just bought the new Echo Dot. The speaker in the Echo is great. We purchased the Echo Dot for areas of our home that already had a good music system, but we wanted the other great features Echo has outside of playing music.

Alexa can do everything from playing music, turning on lights to regulating your thermostat

I have an Echo or an Echo Dot in almost every room in my house! The Echo has incredible sound for such a small device. The Echo Dot is not that hot as a speaker, but both of them work great for controlling your other smart home devices. I personally have it set up to control my Hue lights, my Schlage Connect lock (with a Wink Hub), and my Logitech Harmony Hub to control my entertainment system! Fantastic buy!

Alexa is probably one of my favorite items in my hosuehold. this thing sets timers turns on my tv controls my lights pretty much everything. I give this a 5/5 because alexa and all the other smart devices signify the start of a great era in home tech.

Works great with hue lights and great speaker. Like the part where you can set alarms tell it to add items to your shopping list also just the weather news sports

I already had two DOTS (one connected to my main stereo via the aux line), but I wanted a stand alone Alexa device for a large bathroom suite. No real complaints other than value. I think this should be more like a $129-139 device. The speaker quality is pretty good but I expected something closer to a high end stand alone bluetooth speaker for $179. Still, I don't regret the purchase and I would make it again. One other factor that didn't affect the way I am using it....unlike the DOTS...the ECHO cannot be used with earbuds because it does not have bluethooth sending capabilities.

I bought this a while back but only now posting a review. Great product! Responsive mic.but when music is playing, you may have to speak louder or go closer to Echo.

I was also skeptical about buying the Amazon echo because of the price. I was able to get mine on sale for $100. I wasn't sure how much I was gonna use Alexa. Turns out I use her everyday. From weather to traffic conditions on my commute. Alexa is quick and responsive. When she's paired with smart bulbs and other smart accessories it's really convient to have her. Alexa is easy to set up and worth the buy.

I bought the Echo primarily for operating my home automation, rather than for music. I have a Sonos system that I use for music. The Echo works great enabling me to adjust the lighting and temperature at multiple homes, all from my own home. It's great because it interconnects discrete systems using my Wink hub. I have lots of Lutron Casetta wall switches and Nest cameras and thermostat which Alexa can control

If you want a device that performs on command, Alexa is her name. She's a constant companion in the kitchen. She sings, tells jokes, shares recipes, tells stories, quotes Bible verses, gives me the weather forecast and so much more. If you add the additional devices you can control your lights or thermostat. My grandson really likes Alexa because she tells him stories. This inanimate object begins to feel like a real person the longer you have it around.

Very easy to set up and use. Has good sound when playing music. I'm going to buy another one.

Love my Amazon echo. Works with my Wemo lights and nest thermostat. She also plays prime music.