I recently purchased the Echo Dot, and I couldn't be happier with my decision! This smart speaker is a fantastic addition to my home. The sound quality is surprisingly rich and clear for such a compact device, making it perfect for everything from music to podcasts.
Setting it up was a breeze, and I love how it seamlessly integrates with my smart home devices. Being able to control my lights, thermostat, and even my coffee maker with just my voice is incredibly convenient. The Alexa voice assistant is responsive and surprisingly intuitive, answering my questions, setting reminders, and helping me manage my schedule effortlessly.
I also appreciate the range of skills available, from playing games to accessing news updates. It's like having a personal assistant that makes my daily life easier and more enjoyable. Overall, the Echo Dot is a fantastic purchase that combines functionality with style. Highly recommended for anyone looking to enhance their home with smart technology! It was definitely worth the money
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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.
Vibrant
Sound
Timers
Motion
Detection
Information
Privacy
Controls
Climate Pledge
Friendly
Our best-sounding
Echo Dot yet
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.”
Light
Bulb
Smart
Plug
Lock
Thermostat
Fan
Wi-Fi
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.
Meet Echo Dot Kids - Mighty sound for big imaginations
Echo Dot Kids is for growing independence - kids can ask Alexa for homework help, to play music, read bedtime stories, and more. Parental controls ensure Alexa will automatically give kid-friendly responses and filter explicit songs. Includes 1 year of Amazon Kids+ content. Shop Echo Dot Kids.
Parental
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Music
Learning
Bedtime
Every day is an earth day
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.
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 | (62,902) | (123,653) | (8,856) | (147,263) | (42,147) |
| Audio Quality | Full Sound | Big Vibrant Sound | Big Vibrant Sound | Premium Room-Filling Sound | Our Best-Sounding Smart Speaker |
| Speakers | 1.95” front-firing speaker | 1.73" front-firing speaker | 1.73" front-firing speaker | 3.0" neodymium woofer and dual front-firing 0.8" tweeters | Three 2" midrange speakers, one 20 mm front-firing tweeter, and one 5.25" woofer |
| Audio support | Lossless High Definition | Lossless High Definition | Lossless High Definition | Lossless High Definition, Dolby Audio | Lossless High Definition, Dolby Atmos |
| Line in/out | - | - | - | 3.5 mm line in/out | 3.5 mm line in |
| Screen | - | - | 2.83” with 320x240 resolution | - | - |
| Ideal room placement | Small spaces | Bedrooms and small spaces | Bedrooms and small spaces | Communal spaces like the living or family room | Living rooms and large spaces |
| Release Year | 2023 | 2022 | 2024 | 2020 | 2019 |
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| Privacy Controls | Built-in microphone off button and in-app privacy controls | Built-in microphone off button and in-app privacy controls | Built-in microphone off button and in-app privacy controls | Built-in microphone off button and in-app privacy controls | Built-in microphone off button and in-app privacy controls |
| Dimensions | 3.9”W x 3.3”D x 3.6”H | 3.9”W x 3.9”D x 3.5”H | 4.5"W x 4.1"D x 4.4"H | 5.7”W x 5.7”D x 5.2”H | 6.9”W x 6.9”D x 8.1”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. |
Sustainability features
This product has sustainability features recognized by trusted certifications.
Carbon impact
Carbon emissions from the lifecycle of this product were reduced compared to similar products or previous models.
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Every household’s emergency plan should include a Dot
I’m 53 years old, disabled, and live on my own. I have limited mobility, and sometimes every day tasks can be challenging. I’m always on the lookout for ways to make life easier, as well as safer. I’m a fan of smart devices for that very reason. I enjoy, dare I say “rely”, on the convenience of being able to sync my phone with my Dot in order to; turn on any one of my lights, adjust the temperature in my home, activate and/or manage my security devices.In addition, being able to speak to my Dot has made it so I don’t have to walk, or even move, if my back or hips are having a particularly bad day. Dot has literally improved the quality of life.I have discovered that this small sphere, with its powerful speaker, will be key in maintaining my ability to live independently for as long as possible. On August 18th, slightly past midnight, I fell in my kitchen. The fall stunned me and I started to go into shock. For some reason my watch didn’t detect that I had fallen. Something it had done successfully in the past. That meant emergency services would not be alerted. I tried to stand up( something that would have been challenging under normal circumstances)….I couldn’t do it. My next thought was to try and scoot to the table. My body was riddled with pain the moment I attempted to do this. I knew I was hurt, but the severity of my injury had not quite registered. I reached down to shift my leg and it swayed freely in my hands. I didn’t know it, but my femur had snapped slightly below my hip. That’s when fear started to take hold. No watch, no phone….what was I going to do? Then I remembered Dot. I asked her to call my emergency contacts. She did it! Unfortunately, none heard their phones. It’s late at night, and they were all asleep. The pain was becoming severe and I was scared. I asked Alexa to call 911, but she told me she couldn’t do that! I didn’t expect that. Then I asked Alexa to call the security office at my complex. They answered and I was able to let them know I had fallen and I had broken my leg.As I said, I’m disabled. I had an emergency plan in place. This plan had worked for me in the past. Nothing is fool proof. I learned the importance of having a backup plan. Thankfully I received my Dot about 3 weeks prior to my fall. I also decided to place it in my kitchen so I could listen to music while I cooked. I never imagined I’d be using my Dot for an emergency. I dread to think how long I would have been on the floor waiting for help.
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