Customers highly value the Echo (2nd Gen) for its excellent sound quality and ease of use. Many appreciate its convenient size and design, along with the seamless smart home integration. While some users find Alexa's responsiveness and occasional misunderstandings frustrating, the positive feedback on sound and usability outweighs these concerns.
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Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Product - Easy to set up
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The Echo Gen 2 is a great item. It was very easy to set up and took little time to sync to our internet. Alexa understands any accent of the person giving her a command. Family is having great fun with this.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Heather Gray Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Next Gen good move
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This is my second Echo. First generation was nice, but this second generation is better. Smaller profile with a variety of shells. Sound is great for a smaller device. Oh, I love the use of “Alexa” too!
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Heather Gray Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Design, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice sound
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The sound of this 2nd generation echo is a little better than the 1st gen. It also has a nice design and with the ability to change the sleeve/look of it allows it to fit in with any decor.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Heather Gray Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I love my Echo!
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My Echo was easy to set up and simple to use! The sound quality is amazing and when I turn it up, the music fills the whole room!
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Sandstone Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Better sound than first echo
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I have multiple Echos and Dots. New Echo delivers has better sound. Otherwise it has the same features as previous Echos. Good value at lower price point than original Echo.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Sandstone Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice upgrade
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Nice upgrade over the original version of echo. Smaller footprint, still very clear sound and voice recognition seems better. We will see how well the fabric cover holds up.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Heather Gray Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Echo
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Just purchased my Echo. Love it. Ask it any question and it answers it within seconds. Also play any music or set an alarm. Have had no problems just positive results.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Sandstone Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best sound quality for the lease amount of money.
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Amazon really stepped up their game with is upgrade. Even at full-blast sound quality is clear and un-distorted. You will not find a better bargain for the price.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Suprised but not suprised
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The reason for the summary name is that even though everyone raves about how great “Alexa” is and how good the sound is from the Echo I still didnt believe all the hype, till now. Now that I have one I am “suprised” to find out that it does indeed warrant all the accolades. The sound is great for such a small device and the “Alexa” side works like a champ. Once you get past the novelty of asking Alexa silly questions (which is very entertaining) and start utilizing it more and more for what it is truly intended for, you will find that using it easily becomes part of your daily activities.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent voice companion
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I bought this product and integrated with my smart home devices. Works great. Sound quality is incredible. No words to explain like how my kids like this Alexa.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Sandstone Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it!
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I bought the smaller one to try it out first in my ho e office. I just fell in love with it! So I bought this one for my family room. It matches my color scheme perfectly and does what it’s supposed to do. I have Alexa set to remind me of my favorite shows. She plays songs at my requests. I love the fact that Alexa can remind me of my scheduled conference calls during the day. As Sometimes I get buried in projects and don’t hear the Microsoft meeting reminder. You won’t go wrong. You don’t have to lift a finger or get up. Just ask Alexa. She can even here you from the other room!
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Heather Gray Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
To Echo... Or Not To Echo...
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I have had this new Gen 2 Echo for two days now and I am really enjoying it. The Audio for such a small unit is very good. Where you place it in your room will help with the overall quality of your playback too. I can ask Alexa to play almost any radio station on Pandora and if I do not already have it... she will add it to my account.
I purchased some Philips Hue lights with this Echo and Alexa will also turn them on and off or set a schedule to turn them on if I am away. At 79.95 at Best Buy, you can't beat this deal for what she can do. Happy Holidays everyone! Peace!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great sound and handy to have!
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The speaker sounds great for listening to music. I got a couple of smart plugs to go with this. Easy to set up and handy to turn on lights with your voice.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Heather Gray Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Echo devices are great
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I bought this as a gift, but love the Echo devices. Easy to setup and manage through your smartphone or online. Easy to link to FireStick or other devices.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Size, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Improved sound and attractive look
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The 2nd Gen Amazon Echo has better sound quality and is smaller in size than the full size Echo I also own. Put this one in my office and it looks great.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Heather Gray Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very Nice!
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I am the owner of the original Echo and I am pretty impressed with the 2nd gen.
It still gives comparable sound if not better but all in smaller size.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Heather Gray Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
great sound amazing word reconnection
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So first I would really rate this more like 4.5 stars but that was not an option. The Amazon Echo itself is 5 stars. the sound is incredible. I have a Sony surround system and the music from this small device is nearly as good. Music play is fantastic with my Amazon Prime. I have no reason to upgrade to unlimited music because I get all I want. so why I only rated 4 stars was the app although very good still has so much room to improve. The app is very good but does not unlock all the Alexa seems to be able to do. My wife's english is heavily accented and is not her first language, so sometimes a little broken speech, but Alexa's speech recognition is better than I can sometimes understand my wife. It is very much an open speaking style and not computer command related. If I rated Siri speech recognition at 5 on a 10 point scale, Alexa's speech recognition is 15 on a 10 point scale,
I recommend this because it is just plain fun!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Echo II
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I’m amazed at how much I rely on this device now that I’ve got it. I added it to my family of Alexa devices in my house. I have 2 Dots, an Echo, and now an Echo II.
It’s a bit smaller than the original Echo but the speaker is much superior to the Dot. Great price too.
This review is from Amazon - Echo (2nd Gen) - Smart Speaker with Alexa - Heather Gray Fabric
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Staying one step ahead of my kids!!
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I'm not very tech savvy and am trying to learn what Alexa is capable of doing. So far, learning on how to talk to Alexa. I am excited to learn how to connect her to more items in my home. The speaker has a great sound and Alexa has been very easy to work with.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great product for home use
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Great price. Very happy with overall performance and the amount of things the echo can do and additional products that are compatible with it