Customer Ratings & Reviews

This product should get product of the year award it is the most amazing piece of technology I have purchased this year it can control your schedule play music from Pandora and I heart radio controlled the lights in my home turned the TV on and off with voice commands so far I haven't seen anything else quite like this it's absolutely amazing.

Great product for home automation, music, news, weather

Got this for my parents to allow my dad to bring music into his family room,. I own both the echo and thee Dot. Love the simplicity of the personal assistant. Connected to my Hue lights, and nest thermostat. Alexa allows my wife to control our lights, play music or get a flash briefing via voice commands. Speaker is Pretty good for a stand alone unit. Voice recognition is very good. If you have home automation devices like hue, wink, nest or othe, the Echo makes them better than ever

When I picked up this product, I ordered 2 additional for Christmas. They sent me to the MOA store and said they are in stock. I received the text from Best Buy stating that they have been picked for me. Once I arrived they had one, but stated the other one had been sold. I asked if they could get another from another location and they simply stated that it was a popular item for Christmas and they are probably out of stock. After asking four times, I picked up the phone and called Duluth since the website stated that they had some. The store manager looked at me and decided I was serious about checking another store. I spoke with a rep in Duluth and he state that he just got off the phone with the manager of the MOA location and he was shipping one to MOA. So, I hung up the phone, about 5 minutes later the manager came back out to talk to me and he stated they didn't have anymore. I mentioned that I spoke with someone there and he spoke with the manager at MOA and was shipping it to him. The manager denied that he spoke with him. I requested someone from Best Buy leadership contact me and still have not heard from anyone at best Buy. The manager I dealt with at the MOA was Link.

Got this for my wife's birthday but the grandkids and I use it more. The grand kids use it to spell, we don't get the " how do you spell this" anymore, which is worth the price alone. This unit does so much more sound machine, alarm, timer, reminder, it even calls my wife,s phone when she looses it. Best purchase I made in a long while Love it.

I still have much to learn so I know what to ask Alexa but it's been great so far and have only been using it for 2 weeks.

i bought the amazon echo and two amazon echo doys , i have it set up in three different rooms , i use it to turn light on and off and dim the lights .to turn tv on and off ,to turn appliances on and off and i also use it for news .sports and weather updates , etc.etc.etc works with most any thing , requires certain apps for different features ,philips you for lighting , tlink to turn on and off tv wemo for small appliances these things are necessary and not expensive.good products

I heart Alexa!! I use the shopping list app and use it to stream music all the time. My kids love asking it jokes and riddles. My only complaint is that I want a second one. Whenever I move it to a different room it can be a pain. It takes it a while to reconnect and it can be aggrivating. As long as I don't move it (unplug it) I'm fine!

I mostly use the Echo for home automation tasks, like controlling my thermostat and my Harmony remote control. Still new to it - learning how I can use it to assist with shopping and to-do lists. Love the fact I can change my default music service to Spotify and have it stream music wherever I want. If you're into automation, get the Echo!

Use it every day for news weather, music, alarm clock.

The echo is innovative. It plays Pandora, iHeartRadio and Amazon Music. I can also check the weather. For iPhone users, it doesn’t sync with Apple Music but it does connect to phone via Bluetooth.

I am definitely enjoying this item. It is amazing to listen to the responses after programming it. Gresat wake-up machine.

One of my favorite things!! Love the information that’s right at your fingertips with Alexa. Love the timer and the games!

The amazon Echo can be a bit finicky when asking Alexa to perform automation routines. for example, most of the time you must ask for a light by the exact name it has been given. You can't say turn on my Middle Theater Lights, if you named them Mid Theater Lights, whereas my Google home assistant can identify these are the same device. Hence, my Echo gets to hear me swear frequently. The sound is nice and rich, unlike the Echo Dot that sounds a bit cell phone'ish.

Love using the Echo to add stuff to my wife and my shopping list, turning on and off lights in our house, and for getting some daily news read to us! Soon will be adding an EcoBee thermostat so we can voice-control that, too!

I am a huge fan of Alexa and it is because of the dot. The Echo is great also but the size makes it a little bit more intrusive. The only benefit of the Echo over the Dot is the speaker quality. If that is the most important thing for you - then go for the Echo. Otherwise, I would suggest looking at the Dot. The Echo picks up your voice two rooms away. Setting it up couldn't be easier and it links quickly to HUE, VEMO and many other products. Highly recommended.

Entertainment and Information - I have now purchased an Echo for my brother and sister - it'll be a great Christmas gift!

Gave one of these to my sister for Christmas, who then RAVED about it. She said it was awesome. So I got one. I'm happy with it and I even got the remote, too. I especially like being able to tell it to add things to the shopping list/to-do list. In addition, I get a daily news briefing and get the best commute route for the morning.

I love the idea of Alexa and the next step to home automation. Alexa is fun and helpful at the same time. Updates on the weather and news as well as some facts, how to spell, etc. Sometimes it does not have an answer like "when did NASA land on the moon"? I can control my thermostat, play all sorts of music, radio stations, control it all from my phone and more. There is a third party software company IFTTT that has appellate to allow you to accomplish much more with Alexa.

Bought a couple as Gifts. The people who I gave them to seem very happy, although they only use them for Music. I guess not every one is a Gear Geek like me. I prefer the Dots myself and I was disappointed to learn the Echo Plus doesn't control as much as I'd hoped, so I'll stick to my Dots, Hue and Harmony hubs.