Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have a Echo in the den but needed another in my bedroom making my home a smart home. Buying the Dot was inexpensive and perfect for the bedroom. Now I can control my home from my bed

As mentioned, we have it as an add-on to echo...in Master. But, frankly, it's capable of being a stand alone....and a great deal, only $50... Wow!!! My advice is take advantage of all its capabilities. Don't just ask time and weather, get the skills(apps). I didn't give it a five, yet. I will return. I say that because it seems like Amazon can still add so many abilities to it. I don't know if I'm right or his right I am, but seems like sky's the limit. As of now....I can control, lighting, tv, music in all rooms, fast food orders, traffic updates for my most common route, weather, news, sports, cooking recipe assistance....and more. I almost love it...I play hard to get. P.S. it's a great gift, too. $50 entry, great price, family and good friends $179, those you really love, bundle stuff up. So yeah, I like it.

It was very easy to hook up & she plays all my music, by asking her to play songs by a certain group/ band. I Love Alexa. She rocks!

Really like these headphones. Comfortable around the neck and good sound quality. Could be a little louder and have larger rubber ear pieces. Great battery life. Definitely worth the money!!!

Echo devices are addictive! We got the first one and set it up in our living room. Now, we are definitely planning to get more. These products are so affordable that you can have a lot of fun with them! The mic pickup is pretty astounding and the speaker really isn't half bad. I like that I can set them up in stereo or connect them to bluetooth speakers as well. So excited to start building my smart home now as well!

my husband bought 2 of the Dots, 1 for me for Christmas. I thought why do we need 2? I'm glad he did because he put it in the bedroom & they both can control our smart lights since the other one is in my office which to far away from the bedroom. . I love that I can be in bed & turn lights on or off. It also reads me prayers at night. Love it

I bought 4 of this echo dot and 4 plugs as a Christmas presents to my siblings in our native land. We have our own device. My family and I are enjoying it.

We're having fun with Amazon Alexa Dot. 'She' even Sings for us! As time goes on, we're learning more, to have Alexa 'help' with all sorts of info, as a timer and there is much more to learn About Alexa, so that she can Help us even more. Our Alexa Dot is Paired with our Bose Bluetooth Speaker for even better sound.

One of the great features of this product is the line-out jack in the back of the Dot. I placed the Dot on my nightstand and using a $3 cable connected it to my older digital clock radio instantly adding bluetooth and making it a smart device. The ease of just speaking at the Dot to play music or set an alarm or a timer makes it worth the price of admission.

This is a great introduction to smart home technology. I got it on sale at $40 which is a really fair price. The echo dot basically does everything the regular amazon echo does. Great gift for people who are trying to make their home a "smart home" . https://youtu.be/iQy9p5hBKEI

I truly enjoy my Echo Dot! I am new to home automation and virtual assistants and I feel as though the Echo Dot is an excellent choice to get anyone’s foot in the door when it comes to home automation! I ended up going with the Dot over the other Alexa/Echo devices mainly due to the affordable cost and its standard features. I own a few high quality Bluetooth speakers which I paired with the Dot therefore helping me in my decision to buy the Dot rather than the standard Echo as I am using my Bose Soundlink Mini II with it rendering the standard Echo overkill for my purposes with its main distinguishing feature between it and the Dot being a built in speaker with the standard Echo. The second reason I bought the Dot is it’s very small form factor which I truly enjoy to this day as I don’t like clutter and the Dot is easily hidden while still being able to hear my voice at impressive distances and fulfill my commands. Overall, if you have your own external speaker and want a small, but effective device, then I strongly recommend the Echo Dot to fulfill all of your home automation needs and wants!

I have both the Amazon Echo Dot and Google Home. There are pros and cons for each. The Dot is more mature with about a two year head start on Google. More connected home devices work with the Dot than the Google Home. For instance my WEMO light switches work with the Dot but not with Google. The Dot is very app dependant. I have to go into the phone app and turn on skills or apps to obtain various types of information or features. You then have to remember the name of that app when you want that information. Here is an example. My parents have an Echo Dot. I wanted it to be able to alert me if they were in distress. To do that I had to enable a "skill" called "Ask Buddy". If my parents have a home accident they have to remember to say, "Alexa, have Ask Buddy alert and say my name". That is not practical. They should simply be able to say " Alexa, alert (name). I prefer the way I can ask Google on my phone any question and it usually gives me the correct answer. Google home is more like the phone app but for some reason is not as good. Questions my phone can answer the Google Home cannot. I was able to connect my Dot to a blue tooth speaker but seem unable to do so with the Google Home. As with other Amazon products like their tablet, the Dot is geared toward driving you to purchases through Amazon. I believe that Google has the capacity to overtake Amazon over time with a device more configured for the user's convenience and less toward apps and purchases. If you are on the fence, my gut says go with the Google Home. It will probably be better than the Dot in the future. Right now, the Dot seems better.

Have the echo dots placed strategically around my home so we can communicate throughout the house.

Alexa is great for music, looking up things, making phone calls, and several other things.

I love my echo dot. So much, I bought another. I have one in my den and bedroom. I'm slowly starting to build my smart home. After researching a bit, I purchased an Ecobee Thermostat. I can control it via Alexa. From there, I purchased a wifi outlet that is also voice controlled. There are always skills being added to the app. My only con is that I wish it utilized Google search.

Actually got this to use on my outdoor speakers. Had google mini but no audio out so this was perfect. I can be at the end of my backyard or in the pool and it still hears me. When not using I simply put it in my towel box.

I have had so much fun with alexa. Love when she notifies me of my deliveries, tells jokes, keeps me updated on the weather, plays my music on my play list. Been a pleasure to own.

Alexa is my personal assistant. Alexa reminds me of Dentist and doctors appointment, sets my alarm for the week and alerts me if someone is at the front door. There is also a lot other things Alexa can do!!

i have the Echo at home and bought the Dot for work. Sound from dot is fine in my office but I have it plugged in to speakers for better sound quality. No problems whatsoever with the big Echo at home or the dot at work.

It works wit my dish network and to listen my music!