Testseek.co.uk have collected 209 expert reviews of the Amazon Echo bluetooth portable speaker and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Amazon Echo bluetooth portable speaker.
September 2016
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The Echo voice recognition is excellent and more broadly
The voice-driven interface is really well designed. It's fun! We don't say that often enough about gadgets. Echo works well enough to raise an eyebrow each time it magically responds to your comman
Multi
Purpose
Natural AI
Impetus to better Prime Music
Superb music player
Great with factual requests
News and weather updates
Alexa SDK means its improving all the time
Great music and list making
You can shop through it
Best. Kitchen timer. Ever
Amazon's voice-activated smart home speaker is undeniably futuristic
But it's also practical and accessible. With a rapidly growing slate of features and integrations
It's easy to get excited about the Echo's potential
Alexa is a very useful personal assistant
Quality mic technology for conversing and getting clear answers
Sleek looking speaker design
Easy setup
Lots of compatible services - and more to come
Attractive design
Dependable voice recognition
Alexa is a wonderful smart home controller
Compact design with changeable skins
Lots of third-party compatibility
Affordable price
Great design and clever voice-recognition software
Great sound quality
Compatible with smart home kit
Stellar audio quality
Impressive voice recognition
Useful hands-free apps
Can almost always hear you
Mute button electrically disconnects the mics
Rotating light ring obvious
Lots of thirdparty apps
Sounds pretty good
Sounds more human than any other voice assistant
Intelligent voice recognition
Large ecosystem and growing
Well built
Great speaker quality
Highly accurate voice recognition
Machine learning promises easier use over time
Nice-looking
Easy set-up
Versatile with ever-growing Skills selection
Good voice recognition that gets better over time
Voice control over smart home
Tons of fun
Intuitive
Accurate and natural-sounding voice-assistant
Quick response times
Integration with Fire Tablets
Loads of potential
Intuitive control
Easy thirdparty connections
The editors didn't like
Probably the saddest thing about Echo is that it's made by Amazon
And I don't mean that smugly. Amazon makes great products
But the company doesn't have access to my calendar and my Google account built right in. Everything Echo does is amazing
But it
Caters to Prime
Lackluster sound quality
Echo app needs work
Speaker quality isn't great
Must be connected to mains
Voice works better with US accents
Needs more smart home connections
Only middling as a speaker
Lots of clonky apps
Echo Dot is better value
The Echo's sound quality is uneven at times
With weak bass at high volumes. The growing list of "Skills" in the Alexa app could also benefit from better organization
App isn't that well designed
No battery for portability
Not class-leading speaker quality
Echo Dot makes more sense
You'll want Prime to make the most of it
No real usefulness
Audio quality is average
Sound quality isn't great
No physical volume control ring
Software is occasionally buggy
Works best with an Amazon Prime membership
Occasionally mixes up words
No hands-free calls
Texts or emails
Somewhat creepy
Can't always answer the question
Alwayslistening object in your house
Doesn't support multiple user calendars or personal information
Only one Spotify or Amazon music account can be linked at any one time
Multi-user support lacking
Limited inital skillset
Occasionally struggles to detect 'wake word' at high volumes
Poor sound compared to speakers in price range
Must remain connected to the mains
Limited choice of music streaming services
Limited Prime account integration
Very average sound quality
Wake word limited to 'Alexa' and 'Amazon'
Security limited to four-digit PIN
Sometimes Alexa mishears and can't answer challenging questions
Alexa is a very useful personal assistant, quality mic technology for conversing and getting clear answers, sleek looking speaker design, easy setup, lots of compatible services - and more to come
App isn't that well designed, no battery for portability, not class-leading speaker quality, Echo Dot makes more sense, you'll want Prime to make the most of it
We think hands-free voice control is a godsend and that Alexa, Amazon Echo's personal assistant, truly distinguishes this Bluetooth speaker from the competition. It blew our minds. We won't ever get tired of walking into our living room and casually...
Amazon's voice-activated smart home speaker is undeniably futuristic, but it's also practical and accessible. With a rapidly growing slate of features and integrations, it's easy to get excited about the Echo's potential
The Echo's sound quality is uneven at times, with weak bass at high volumes. The growing list of "Skills" in the Alexa app could also benefit from better organization
The Amazon Echo is a likable "smart" speaker that will grow on you as it continues to improve...
No hands-free calls, texts or emails, Somewhat creepy
No battery for the countertop Amazon Echo Creepy or convenient? Put it this way, notorious AI-paranoid Elon Musk probably doesn't have an Echo on his kitchen countertop. Just as society has had to adapt to screens and cameras everywhere, it's time to rea...
Tons of fun, Intuitive, accurate and natural-sounding voice-assistant, Quick response times, Integration with Fire Tablets, Loads of potential
Limited Prime account integration, Very average sound quality, Wake word limited to 'Alexa' and 'Amazon', Security limited to four-digit PIN
The Echo speaker is Amazon's most interesting experiment yet. I poked fun at the marketing efforts around the Echo and its voice-driven assistant, Alexa. But once I had the speaker in my home, I couldn't deny it was extremely fun to use. Time will tell w...
Published: 2014-12-20, Author: Mario , review by: gizmodo.co.uk
The Echo voice recognition is excellent and more broadly, the voice-driven interface is really well designed. It's fun! We don't say that often enough about gadgets. Echo works well enough to raise an eyebrow each time it magically responds to your comman
Probably the saddest thing about Echo is that it's made by Amazon, and I don't mean that smugly. Amazon makes great products, but the company doesn't have access to my calendar and my Google account built right in. Everything Echo does is amazing, but it
It's not a fabulous speaker, and as a voice-controlled assistant, your phone's more powerful. To be sure, Echo is an unpolished novelty, and I can't be sure that the novelty won't wear thin, especially if Amazon doesn't improve the platform with software...
Easy way to add Alexa control to existing speakers, Compact hardware is easy to set up, Cheapest - on paper, at least - Echo device so far, Flexibility of Bluetooth or bundled 3.5mm cable
Amazon's own promotions make Echo Dot cheaper, Can run into standby issues with external speakers, Can't control Bluetooth pairing by voice
The argument for a $34.99 Echo Input, then, is a tricky one. Yes, it's smaller than an Echo Dot, but you can't take advantage of that fact to hide it away entirely: after all, the microphones need to be able to hear you. Doing away with the onboard speake...
Adds significant bass to an existing Echo speaker setup, Pairing with other speakers is straightforward
Expensive
Ultimately, there's no question that the Echo Dot and Echo Plus are going to continue to sell: They're important products for the company, and these new models are dramatic improvements over their predecessors. Fewer people will buy two specifically to pa...
Abstract: One of the hottest trends to take hold recently is the voice-activated speaker, and — no surprise! — the two biggest players are Amazon and Google. These devices work off of your home's Wi-Fi. You can ask them to share the weather or news highlights, set...
Published: 2018-03-09, Author: Chris , review by: recombu.com
Abstract: Amazon is constantly updating the Alexa assistant on its Echo speaker range. These updates deliver new voice commands and features to make your smart home speaker even better. Here's what the latest Alexa update brings and how to use the new features.Smar...
