


Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. Echo connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, ask questions, make calls, send and receive messages, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more - instantly. All you have to do is ask.
Echo has an enhanced speaker that now features Dolby processing for improved immersive sound. It has seven microphones and beamforming technology so it can hear you from across the room - even while music is playing. When you want to use Echo, just say the wake word “Alexa” and Echo responds instantly.
Voice Control Your Music
The 2nd generation Echo has a 2.5” downward-firing woofer and 0.6” tweeter powered by Dolby to deliver crisp vocals and dynamic bass throughout the room. You can play music from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more. With Amazon Music, you can search by lyrics, time-period, or let Alexa pick the music for you. You can also listen to audiobooks from Audible, podcasts, radio stations, news briefs, and more.
Alexa, Play Music Everywhere
Want to play music on an Echo in another room? Now with multi-room music, you can tell Alexa to play across your compatible Echo devices. Tell Alexa to play jazz in the kitchen, top pop in the family room, or play the same song throughout your whole home.
Voice Control Your Home
Use Echo to switch on the lamp before getting out of bed, turn on the coffee maker on your way to the kitchen, or dim the lights from the couch to watch a movie - all without lifting a finger. Ask Alexa to turn on the TV, turn up the volume, change the channel, or play your favorite movie. Echo can control your Amazon Fire TV and select devices from Sony, Dish, and Logitech.
Control multiple devices at scheduled times or with a single voice command, like locking the doors and turning off the lights when you go to bed. Echo works with lights, locks, switches, thermostats, and more from WeMo, Philips Hue, SmartThings, Insteon, Nest, ecobee, and Wink.
Hands-free Calling and Messaging
With Echo, you can talk to anyone hands-free - no tapping or searching required. Your contacts will see your number when they receive the call so they know who is calling. Set up your voice profile and teach Alexa to recognize your voice. When you say, “Alexa, call Mom”, Alexa will call your mom, even if you have multiple users in your home. Additionally, you can send messages via voice or text to anyone with a supported Echo device or the Alexa App.
With the Drop In feature enabled for room-to-room calling, instantly connect with compatible Echo devices in your home. Let your household know when dinner is ready, ask someone for help with a chore, or remind the kids to go to sleep - without having to raise your voice.
Far-field Voice Recognition
Tucked under the light ring is an array of seven microphones that use beamforming technology and enhanced noise cancellation. The 2nd generation Echo has improved wake-word performance to hear you ask a question from any direction - even in noisy environments or while playing music at loud volumes.
When you want to use Echo, simply say the wake word, “Alexa,” and Echo lights up and connects to the cloud, where the Alexa Voice Service recognizes and responds to your request instantly.
Alexa Has Skills
Echo uses tens of thousands of skills and counting. Skills add even more capabilities like ordering a pizza from Domino's, requesting a ride from Uber, tracking your fitness with Fitbit, controlling your TV with Dish, and more. To enable new skills, just ask Alexa.
New skills are being added all the time. You can also see ratings and reviews to learn what other customers are saying about the thousands of skills available in the Alexa App.
Echo Is Better with Prime
Get even more from your Echo device with Prime and enjoy ad-free streaming of over 2 million songs with Prime Music.
You can also order millions of products using only your voice and gain access to weekly Alexa shopping deals. All voice orders include fast, free shipping, and Alexa can even track your delivery for you.
Always Getting Smarter
Alexa is always getting smarter - the more you use Echo, the more Alexa adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary, and personal preferences. And because Echo is always connected, updates are delivered automatically.
Just in the last few months Echo has added Alexa calling and messaging, multi-room music, voice profiles, and reminders, along with skills from third-party developers.
Suit Your Style
Customize your Echo for any room with the Echo Decorative Shell, available in a range of fabrics and finishes.
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Echo Dot | Echo | Echo Plus | Echo Spot | Echo Show | |
Overview | Add Alexa to any room | Room filling sound with six fabrics or finishes | Includes a built-in smart home hub | Stylish and compact Echo with a screen | Optimized for visuals and room filling sound |
Speaker size | 0.6" speaker | 2.5" woofer and 0.6" tweeter | 2.5" woofer and 0.8" tweeter | 1.4" speaker | Dual 2.0" speakers |
Screen size | 2.5" screen | 7.0" screen | |||
Dual speakers with room-filling sound, powered by Dolby | ![]() |
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Play video from Amazon Video and more | ![]() |
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Built-in hub for simple setup of compatible smart home devices | ![]() |
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Streaming Wi-fi music (including Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, and more) | ![]() |
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Line-out with 3.5 mm cable or Bluetooth | ![]() |
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Bluetooth only |
Free audio calls to US, Mexico, and Canada | ![]() |
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Control smart home devices | ![]() |
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Device size (actual size and weight may vary) | 1.3" x 3.3" x 3.3", 5.7 oz. (32 mm x 84 mm x 84 mm, 163 grams) | 5.9" x 3.5" x 3.5", 29.0 oz. (148 mm x 88 mm x 88 mm, 821 grams) | 9.3" x 3.3" x 3.3", 33.6 oz. (235 mm x 84 mm x 84 mm, 954 grams) | 4.1" x 3.8" x 3.6", 14.8 oz. (104 mm x 97 mm x 91 mm, 419 grams) | 7.4" x 7.4" x 3.5", 41.0 oz. (187 mm x 187 mm x 90 mm, 1170 grams) |
Pros: Easy to set up. Easy directions. For a single speaker it has decent sound. Not sure why these speakers are not in stereo...
Cons: If you list one shipping company on my order invoice, please make sure it is that shipper or at least let me know it changed. This was jammed into our mail box so tight it took 5 minutes to get it out. Since I was expecting one shipper I thought the package was stolen. Thankfully we checked the mailbox, as it was well past the time our mail carrier came. And, we had gotten the mail earlier that day.
Overall Review: Please be accurate on what shipping method will be used. In my case being in a wheelchair makes getting out into the cold very difficult.