Testseek.co.uk have collected 79 expert reviews of the Amazon Echo 2 bluetooth portable speaker and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Amazon Echo 2 bluetooth portable speaker.
October 2017
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The editors liked
Alexa is a wonderful smart home controller
Compact design with changeable skins
Lots of third-party compatibility
Affordable price
Beefed-up audio
New twilight blue colour
Will be discounted
Compact design
Changeable skins
Lots of compatibility
Great design and clever voice-recognition software
Great sound quality
Compatible with smart home kit
More compact and colourful
Alexa is constantly getting smarter
Great price
Alexa voice control
Improved hearing commands
Smart design
Affordable
With a variety of new designs
The new Amazon Echo is better-looking than the original
Just as smart and a lot less expensive. The addition of an aux-out jack lets you connect it with your existing audio setup. It's also a slightly better listener than b
Six looks to choose from
Full sound
Cheaper than the original
Smaller
With new design options
New Alexa features
Interchangeable shell allows you to mix up design
Updated Alexa features include individual voice recognition and routines
Compact
Audio output Jack
Can almost always hear you
Line out
Bluetooth in and out
Clear activity ring
Mute button electrically disconnects the mics
Good thirdparty support
Excellent smart home device control
The speaker comes with Amazon's voice assistant Alexa builtin
You can use Alexa to search the web to answer your questions
Provide a list of your daily appointments
Order a takeaway for you
And even give you a quick roundup of the day's news
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The editors didn't like
Sound quality isn't great
No physical volume control ring
Software is occasionally buggy
No Zigbee smart hub
Makes the Echo Plus a harder sell
Poor sound quality
No volume ring
Music sometimes drops out
Software seems buggy with intermittent errors hampering the experience
Works best with an Amazon Prime membership
Occasionally mixes up words
Sound is merely OK
Average sound quality
Though fine for casual listening and strong enough to fill a room with music
The Echo still doesn't sound as good as premium
High-fidelity speakers. The volume ring of the original is gone
Replaced with the cheaper volume buttons of the Echo Dot
Looks similar to rival products
Much the same as the original
Sound on calling feature was more muffled than with original Echo
Sound quality took a turn for the worse
Alwayslistening object in your house
Can activate accidentally
Limited number of music services supported
The sound from this Echo lacks the warmth
Richness and bass that the previous generation offers
Want Alexa to play music from Amazon or Spotify through the speaker? You'll need to pay for a subscription to both of these services for this to be possible
Abstract: I recently had a chance to audition the Harman/Kardon Invoke with Cortana and the JBL Link 20 with Google Assistant, so I was really looking forward to trying the new Amazon Echo. While most people end up picking a product within a certain “family”, it's...
A couple years past the launch of the original Amazon Echo and the novelty certainly has worn off. Smart speakers with their own digital assistants aren't anything new anymore, and they're no longer expensive. Google and Amazon each have a $49 offering. Y...
Ultimately, the new Echo's biggest drawback is subpar audio. Those who want a smart speaker with better sound have plenty of options, whether it is the more expensive Sonos One and Echo Plus or an Echo Dot that adds Alexa to an existing speaker. But for p...
Published: 2017-10-26, Author: Ry , review by: cnet.com
With a variety of new designs, the new Amazon Echo is better-looking than the original, just as smart and a lot less expensive. The addition of an aux-out jack lets you connect it with your existing audio setup. It's also a slightly better listener than b
Though fine for casual listening and strong enough to fill a room with music, the Echo still doesn't sound as good as premium, high-fidelity speakers. The volume ring of the original is gone, replaced with the cheaper volume buttons of the Echo Dot
Alexa is still the most compelling voice control platform, and the new and improved Echo should only boost her momentum. It's well worth $100...
Published: 2017-10-25, Author: Mike , review by: tomsguide.com
Less expensive than original, Attractive, Changeable covers, Extensive Alexa voice assistant
Sound quality only on a par with original Echo
The all-new $99 Echo is a step up aesthetically from the original, but it's also a step back acoustically. It's an adequate speaker that also happens to have Amazon's great voice assistant built in. But with a host of Alexa-enabled speakers here or on the...
Abstract: Things That You Didn't Know About Amazon Echo 2After the successful release of Amazon Echo in 2014, it has been speculated that Amazon Echo 2 will soon be following its footsteps in the later part of 2016. Amazon and Flextronics have been working on this...
