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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2024
As a college student, this smart speaker is incredibly helpful for managing my busy schedule. The Echo Pop is more compact and affordable than other Echos. It fits easily in my dorm and is easy to pack when moving between home and school.
Favorite features:
It reads my Google Calendar events to me, and I set personalized wake-up, evening, and unwind routines so that I have the external motivation to do what I need to do at the right times. I also like that I can set multiple timers/reminders without having to go on my phone, so it feels like I have a personal assistant.
I think the audio quality is pretty good as well, and I can pull-up my Spotify playlists (although if you give your playlists some complicated long name, it can be a bit harder). I usually just like to get Alexa to pull up the specific song or artist I feel like listening to at the moment and loop it though.
Improvement:
Because of school I use both Apple & Google products , and it's a bit frustrating not to be able to directly sync Alexa better with the Apple ecosystem. While it reads Google Calendar events, I'd like if Alexa could also see, create, and remind me of my Google Tasks, or do this with Apple Reminders. Currently, you'd have to check the Alexa app for notes that you create with Alexa, and there are no helpful widgets or syncing tools that work well for making this information more accessible.
Also I think the routines feature could be more flexible. Currently, if you want routines to activate at different times on weekdays versus weekends, you have to manually copy and create new routines, but I don't want the extra clutter.
Some other considerations:
Note that the Echo Pop needs to be plugged in at all times to function, so it requires setup every time you move it to a different room. I recommend getting a battery base if you want the flexibility to move it around, such as taking it to a common room or for listening to music while showering.
Overall, it has still added a lot of structure to my days, so I'd recommend it!
Favorite features:
It reads my Google Calendar events to me, and I set personalized wake-up, evening, and unwind routines so that I have the external motivation to do what I need to do at the right times. I also like that I can set multiple timers/reminders without having to go on my phone, so it feels like I have a personal assistant.
I think the audio quality is pretty good as well, and I can pull-up my Spotify playlists (although if you give your playlists some complicated long name, it can be a bit harder). I usually just like to get Alexa to pull up the specific song or artist I feel like listening to at the moment and loop it though.
Improvement:
Because of school I use both Apple & Google products , and it's a bit frustrating not to be able to directly sync Alexa better with the Apple ecosystem. While it reads Google Calendar events, I'd like if Alexa could also see, create, and remind me of my Google Tasks, or do this with Apple Reminders. Currently, you'd have to check the Alexa app for notes that you create with Alexa, and there are no helpful widgets or syncing tools that work well for making this information more accessible.
Also I think the routines feature could be more flexible. Currently, if you want routines to activate at different times on weekdays versus weekends, you have to manually copy and create new routines, but I don't want the extra clutter.
Some other considerations:
Note that the Echo Pop needs to be plugged in at all times to function, so it requires setup every time you move it to a different room. I recommend getting a battery base if you want the flexibility to move it around, such as taking it to a common room or for listening to music while showering.
Overall, it has still added a lot of structure to my days, so I'd recommend it!
