Customer Ratings & Reviews

I'm an IT Director so would put myself on a higher level of technical capabilities... My wife is an average PC and smart phone user and has been gracious enough to put up with my desire to add automation to my home. Hands down we both agree that adding this was the best decision ever. Prior to adding the Amazon Echo to our home we would have to use the controller on the wall or an app on our phones to control lights, door locks, garage doors and thermostats. With a little bit of searching online you can find all the help you need to get Alexa linked to your other services and accounts. My Wink home automation shortcuts can now be set off by voice command. When I walk in the door with my arms full I simply say "Alexa, turn on entry lights". When it is time for the kids to get settled down I say "Alexa, trigger reading mode" and all lights are set to the desired levels. Time for bed? "Alexa, trigger night mode" and all lights shut off, garage door closes (if left open) and all deadbolts lock on exterior doors. Ask "Alexa, what's up?" and she gives current time, temps, forecast and top news. When we sat down with the kids to open Christmas gifts... "Alexa, play some classic Christmas music". No, I don't work for Amazon... I'm simply amazed at how far things have come. Get this product, be patient and do research if you are having issues and I'd be willing to bet that you'll love this product.

We weren't sure if we needed this, but when it was on sale and we had a $10 reward cert, why not? It looks really sleek. We enjoy having it in the kitchen. We play trivia daily. Other games like "who wants to be a millionaire " are also fun. We use pandora daily. Good quality speaker despite our large room. We need to learn how to use it to its full capacity but so far so good!

Echo is a fun and practical unit. Plays great music and controls my lights. Love it.

Family of 5 and now 6 with Alexa. Seriously she adds another element to our family entertainment and smart home utility. Kids play games with her, like 20 ?s, jeopardy, riddles, jokes, and daily Easter eggs. While the adults like smart concerts, sports highlights, news briefs and all the things your "Siri" can do, by more. Like turn on/off your lights, coffee maker, tv, and whatever else you hook your smart outlets to.(sold separately) Now for the "Alexa bugs." More often than not, we find ourselves repeating commands. Attempted fix, by using voice training multiple times in areas we are most when aroud Alexa. Saw minor improvement. We also wish the command to increase or lower volume was more efficient. Shouting "Alexa, volume 5 multiple times after a song you liked was at volume 7 or higher is annoying. We've learned to manually adjust her volume at the base which we can do with our old stereo? I was curious how Alexa would respond to 5 different voice patterns. Surprisingly , once she hears her name and the command prompt, she responds correctly 89% of the time. My wife tells me I'm cheating on "Siri" and "Cortana" as "Alexa" has quickly won my heart and my kids as well. We're glad we went with this, not the dot or google home. If you plan on making voice purchases as commercials advertise, careful- your kids might order 50lbs of cookie dough as Alexa doesn't recognize who's voice is ordering it. Overall, the gimmicks wear off, but we routinely enjoy smart concerts and our smart light system. soon we will be asking these robots to do our dishes, laundry, cook, or whatever else humans don't feel like doing. Hopefully I see this unfold in my lifetime- Brunsch

Got this for my wife and she likes it. My boys love it even more! "Alexa, tell me a joke..." "Alexa how big is the earth?" But when this is integrated with Prime, it is fantastic. From playing all Prime playlists to music in my library. She keeps tabs on our grocery lists. Tells us the traffic. Weather. Movie time listings (and where.) "Alexa, Thank you." "You're welcome, glad I could help."

After thoroughly researching I decided to give it a go and buy it. After some trouble with initial setup, it works great! I have 2 young boys and they have really had fun asking Alexa questions. I have linked to a smart outlet which is really nice for turning a lamp off and on. Overall I have really enjoyed, to the point I just got one of the Dots for another room in our house.

I bought an Echo primarily for music. It plays my Pandora and Amazon music fine, but Alexa doesn't know most of the questions I ask and I find it easier to find info on my phone.

I’ve used the echo before and I always had issues with Alexa hearing me. I have no problems with this one. She always hears me, even from far away.

My wife generally does not like technology gifts. We now have several items in our house connected to our Echo including light bulbs (sold separately). Overall - lots of functionality with the echo. This includes trivia games or hot potato that you can play with the kids. Enjoy this very much and would recommend this to anyone looking for a device like this in their home.

I love the Echo. It's super user friendly and the sound is great for the size.

Pro's: many. You can integrate and use easily with Spotify, Sirius, and Wink just to name a few. Great for news and weather too. Con's: For the privacy conscious, this is not your best friend as it listens for everything just to catch the word Alexa and the following command. For example, if you mention in a conversation the word "alexa" it will do whatever comes after.

I have 'Alexa' in the living room. Each morning I ask her the weather forecast and plan my day. If I need to go out I ask her the traffic conditions. While watching television I can always get inside information on shows as well as the actors and actresses. While playing cards with friends and family 'Alexa always finds the right background music for us. This is a great product!

This is my 3rd Alexa that I now have thru-out my home. This is one of the BEST products a home could have. Hook it up to your thermostat and SPEAK what temperature you want, ask to turn on and off certain lights, plays music, gives you the weather and a million things more! LOVE it and each room I add one to, just makes it even better. Easy and user friendly for everyone!

BEST thing that ive ever owned. my review is a comment i left in response to someones unfair, inaccurate 1 star review: sorry to hear that YOUR echo is useless. Mine on the other hand is awesome. just today alone, i used it as an alarm clock to wake up, turn on the lights and music to wake the kids for school, check how much gas was in my tank without going to the car, re-order toilet paper and laundry detergent for a price cheaper than the grocery store, hear the news headlines while drinking the coffee "alexa" made me when she turned on the coffee pot, roll a 20 sided die for a dungeons and dragons game with my one kid who managed to avoid summer school, pipe music into my home all day, order pizza for dinner, and get help with the kids algebra homework. After dinner we played jeopardy on it after the show aired, and used it to dim the lights inside, and turn on the porch lights outside when it got dark and i couldnt get up without disturbing my sleeping baby on my chest, who incidentaly fell asleep to the echo playing soothing music....she can also tell you facts about EVERYTHING you probably dont know, including starwars which pleases the kids, tells jokes, plays rock-paper-scissors, AND can call you an Uber. Have you tried activating her ever increasing fuctions via the alexa app? Oh, by the way, her speakers sound better than the bose speakers in my car so...yeah

Our family enjoys the music on the Echo and love attached an app for our favorite grocery list program so we can just say the items we need, Use the timer a lot too. Most of the other features we don't end up using very much.

I love the Echo! Great sound quality. So easy to use. Just amazing technology!

Purchased for the hands free interaction. Great speaker for music and amazon music variety surpasses XM. Being able to say "Alexa add to grocery list" when I need something instead of having to find phone or pad and pen. Once at store, I can call up list made by Alexa and I am all set. Looking forward to setting it up to turn on and off lights throughout our home.

Great product, and works flawlessly with home automation. At first I was a huge skeptic about needing an always on device. However after buying an echo earlier this year from amazon, I have become an avid user. So much so that I bought a second one from best buy once they began carrying them! Also per-ordered their amazon dot, which is $49. Order one now, you will not be disappointed!

Alexa is way more fun and practical than I thought she would be. She isn't anywhere near as smart as OK Google, but she sounds a thousand times better and I'm really happy to have her. Shopping discounts, Hue control, music, scores, and weather. She'll even read your Kindle books to you. I find myself saying "Thank You" after she does something. And yeah, I asked her to marry me.

Understand me very well, Use it to turn on liights, open the gargae , etc.