TL;DR:
This Echo Dot offers a compact and powerful smart speaker experience with improved sound quality and a sleek design. With its voice assistant capabilities, seamless integration with smart home devices, and convenient features, it is a reliable choice for enhancing your smart home ecosystem. However, some users may find the sound quality lacking in comparison to larger speakers.
Review:
This Echo Dot, known as "This Echo Dot," is the 5th generation model released in 2022. It brings a compact and powerful smart speaker experience to your home, offering improved sound quality and a sleek design.
One of the standout advantages of this Echo Dot is its compact size. It can easily fit in any room without taking up much space, while still delivering impressive sound performance. Despite its small footprint, it packs a punch and offers clear and balanced audio output.
The smart speaker features voice assistant capabilities powered by Amazon Alexa. You can effortlessly control your music, manage your daily tasks, get the latest news and weather updates, and even control compatible smart home devices using just your voice. The voice recognition technology works reliably, ensuring a seamless and hands-free user experience.
The Echo Dot seamlessly integrates with your smart home ecosystem, allowing you to control compatible devices, such as lights, thermostats, and locks, with voice commands. This adds convenience and automation to your daily routines, making your home smarter and more efficient.
The setup process is simple and straightforward, and the Echo Dot connects easily to your Wi-Fi network. Once connected, you can enjoy a wide range of features and services, including streaming music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more, from popular platforms like Amazon Music, Spotify, and Audible.
While the sound quality of this Echo Dot is impressive for its size, some users may find it lacking in comparison to larger, more powerful speakers. It may not deliver the same depth and richness of sound that dedicated audio systems provide. However, considering its compact form factor and affordable price, the sound quality remains commendable.
In summary, This Echo Dot (5th Gen, 2022 Release) offers a compact and powerful smart speaker experience. With improved sound quality, voice assistant capabilities, seamless smart home integration, and convenient features, it enhances your smart home ecosystem. While the sound quality may not match that of larger speakers, it provides reliable performance and versatility.
Pros:
- Compact size with improved sound quality
- Voice assistant capabilities with Amazon Alexa
- Seamless integration with smart home devices
- Convenient setup and easy Wi-Fi connectivity
- Wide range of features and services
Cons:
- Sound quality may not match larger speakers
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Small size, big possibilities
Our most popular smart speaker features a sleek design and improved audio for vibrant sound anywhere in your home. With Echo Dot, you can stay on track with help from Alexa, control compatible smart home devices and start routines with your motion.
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Echo Dot features improved speaker quality, delivering clearer vocals and deeper bass for rich vibrant sound. Just ask Alexa to play music, podcasts, and audiobooks and enjoy a dynamic audio experience anywhere in your home. Learn more about Alexa Entertainment
Alexa is happy to help
Make your life easier at home. Alexa is ready to help throughout the day with weather and news updates, hands-free timers and reminders, answers to your questions, and can even tell you jokes.
Help keep your home comfortable
“Alexa, turn on living room light.”
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Thermostat
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Start Routines with your motion
Paired with compatible light bulbs, thermostats, and more, Echo Dot, with built-in motion and temperature sensors, lets you control your smart home when you’re at home or away. Create routines to automatically turn on/off lights or play music at a scheduled time or when you walk into a room. Learn more about the different ways you can connect your smart home device.
Tap to pause music or
snooze alarms
With a simple tap you can pause a song, end a call, or stop a timer. Need a few extra minutes of sleep? Just tap to snooze.
Alexa and Echo devices are built with multiple layers of privacy protection.
Do more with device pairing
Echo Dot + another Echo
Fill your home with music using compatible Echo devices in different rooms. Learn more about Multi-Room Audio.
Echo Dot + Fire TV
Watch TV with immersive sound when you set up Alexa Home Theater with compatible devices. Learn more about Alexa Home Theater.
Echo Dot + eero wifi router
Extend your wifi coverage and say goodbye to drop-offs and buffering with eero Built-in on a compatible eero network. Learn more about eero Built-in.
Simple to set up and use
Step 1
Plug in Echo Dot.
Step 2
Connect to the internet with the Alexa app.
Step 3
Ask Alexa for music, weather, news, and more.
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You don't have to be an environmental scientist to make sustainable choices. We considered sustainability in the design of this device. Here's how:
Materials
55% post-consumer recycled plastics
100% post-consumer polyester yarn
Device, cable, and adapter included
Clean Energy
Amazon is building new wind and solar farms to produce clean energy equivalent to the electricity used by this device.
Low Power Mode
To reduce its energy consumption, this device will enter Low Power Mode when it is idle. Low Power Mode is not available for certain user configurations. To learn more, see Low Power Mode Restrictions.
Alexa
Track and manage the energy usage of your Alexa-connected devices with the energy dashboard in the Alexa app.
Device Packaging
This device’s packaging is 100% recyclable. Fulfillment center packaging not included.
Part With Purpose
There may come a time when you want to trade in or recycle your device. Explore options with Amazon Second Chance.
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| Ratings | (991,609) | (41,869) | (165,675) | (139,103) |
| Release Year | 2018 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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| Speakers | 1.6" speaker | 1.73" front-firing speaker | 1 x 1.7” | 3.0" neodymium woofer and dual front-firing 0.8" tweeters |
| Audio support | Lossless High Definition | Lossless High Definition, Dolby audio | ||
| Line in/out | 3.5 mm line out | 3.5 mm line in/out | ||
| Screen | LED display on Echo Dot with clock | 5.5” color screen | ||
| Camera | 2 MP | |||
| Privacy Controls | Built-in microphone off button and in-app privacy controls | Built-in microphone off button and in-app privacy controls | Built-in camera shutter, microphone/camera off button and in-app privacy controls | Built-in microphone off button and in-app privacy controls |
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| Dimensions | 3.9” W x 3.9”D x 1.7”H | 3.9”W x 3.9”D x 3.5”H | 5.8”W x 2.9”D x 3.4”H | 5.7”W x 5.7”D x 5.2”H |
Technical Details
Echo Dot (5th Gen)
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Size |
3.9” x 3.9” x 3.5” (100mm x 100mm x 89 mm) |
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Weight |
10.7 oz (304g) Actual size and weight may vary by manufacturing process |
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Audio |
1.73” (44 mm) front-firing speaker, Lossless High Definition |
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Wifi connectivity |
Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz) networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) wifi networks. |
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Amazon Sidewalk |
A shared network that helps compatible devices work better at home and beyond the front door. If wifi is lost, Sidewalk enables certain devices to stay connected. Also, Sidewalk helps devices like water sprinklers and pet locators work over longer distances. Sidewalk uses a small portion of your internet bandwidth to provide these benefits to you and your neighbors via Sidewalk Bridges (participating Echo and Ring devices), and is turned on for your device unless you have previously turned off the setting. You can turn off Sidewalk at any time. Learn more about Sidewalk. |
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Smart Home Device Compatibility |
WiFi, Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh, and Matter |
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Bluetooth connectivity |
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Echo Dot or from Echo Dot to your Bluetooth speaker. Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) for voice control of connected mobile devices. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices. Bluetooth speakers requiring PIN codes are not supported. |
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eero Built-in |
Your wifi network must use a compatible eero router and your Echo device must stay in range of a compatible eero device. You will need to link your eero and Amazon accounts and manage eero Built-in from the eero mobile application to use this feature. eero Built-in compatible Echo devices support up to 1,000 sq. ft. of additional coverage, speeds up to 100 Mbps, and 10 or fewer connected devices. Actual performance can vary and certain eero, Echo, or Alexa features may be incompatible with eero Built-in. Learn more about eero Built-in performance, availability and compatibility. Use of eero and eero-related products and services, including eero Built-in, requires creation of an eero account and agreement to eero’s Terms of Service. Review eero’s Privacy Notice. |
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System requirements |
Echo Dot comes ready to connect to your wifi. The Alexa app is compatible with Fire OS, Android, and iOS devices and also accessible via your web browser. Supported operating systems. Certain skills and services may require subscription or other fees. |
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Setup technology |
Amazon Wi-Fi simple setup enables customers to connect smart devices to their wifi network in a few easy steps. Wi-Fi simple setup is another way Alexa is always getting smarter. Learn more about Wi-Fi simple setup. |
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Warranty and service |
90-day limited warranty and service. Optional 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year extended warranty available for U.S. customers sold separately. Use of Echo Dot is subject to these terms. |
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Accessibility features |
To enable features that personalize Alexa to your abilities, go to Settings → Accessibility in the Alexa App. |
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Included in the box |
Echo Dot, glacier white power adapter (15W), and Quick Start Guide. |
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Generation |
Echo Dot (5th Gen) - 2022 release |
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Privacy features |
Wake word technology, streaming indicators, microphone off button, the ability to view and delete your voice recordings, and more. Visit the Alexa Privacy Hub to explore how Alexa and Echo devices are designed to protect your privacy. |
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Language |
Alexa speaks English and Spanish |
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Alexa Skills & Features |
Alexa makes your life easier, more meaningful, and more fun by letting you voice control your world. Alexa can help you get more out of the things you already love and discover new possibilities you've never imagined. Discover and learn what Alexa can do. |
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Software Security Updates |
This device receives guaranteed software security updates until at least four years after the device is last available for purchase as a new unit on our websites. Learn more about these software security updates. If you already own an Amazon Echo, visit Manage Your Content and Devices for information specific to your device. |
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This is my first ever Echo Dot. My girlfriend has had every single one so far and finally convinced me to get one during prime day. I like the look of this one compared to that hockey puck looking one I've seen in the past. Set up was easy and only took a few minutes. Alexa is very responsive and you have TONS of customization options. What surprised me though, was how good the speaker is for music. It sounds REALLY nice and full with deep bass for such a small device. It also can crank pretty loud. Amazon was telling the truth when they said they upgraded the sound from previous generations. Keep in mind there is NO audio jack port it's all wireless bluetooth, so you'll have to do that if you want to play music directly from your phone. I may even get a second one for the kitchen. Very happy with this!
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