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 editors liked
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
Excellent design that looks great in any room, 2.5-inch circular screen is bright, crisp, and doubles as a clock, Camera can be completely disabled, Great sound in a compact package, Powerful voice-recognition capabilties, Fantastic Alexa integration, wit
Hefty cord somewhat limits where it can be placed, Videos are truncated in full-screen mode, You can't use voice commands to stream music from your own local server, You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80+ streaming services Sonos suppor
The Echo Spot just might be the perfect smart speaker, with a versatility and fashion-sense that give it a sense of purpose and style.In a two-device race to rule table-top A.I, Google Home bests Amazon Echo in terms of audio quality, microphone range, d...
Published: 2017-12-11, Author: Mike , review by: bgr.com
Abstract: Alex Jones: radio host, fighter of interdimensional vampires, and hawker of multivitamins, has found a new beat. In a segment over the weekend, the Info Wars host decided to put Amazon Alexa on the witness stand and try and bully her into revealing her...
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Published: 2017-11-21, Author: Andrew , review by: cnet.com
Abstract: One of my colleagues was able to spend a bunch of money on my credit card using the Amazon Echo ($129.99 at Home Depot) and Google Home ($129.00 at Dell Home). Both services also freely gave my coworker Chris my personal info because they both thought he...
Should you buy one? YesA 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...
Abstract: Amazon may have just replaced the original Amazon Echo with two new models, but that doesn't make the 1st gen version any less worthy of being in your home, especially when it can be had for ridiculously low prices. Currently, Woot has both the white and...
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Published: 2017-10-23, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
In many ways, there's no downside to the new Echo. It's half the price of its predecessor, more compact and more attractive, and gets every talent and skill added over the past three years. You're no longer limited to one design, either, and the voice rec...
Published: 2017-10-20, Author: Brian , review by: techcrunch.com
Abstract: With a good software-driven product, the hardware is almost inconsequential. After the unboxing and the setup, it just sort of fades into the scenery. That was always the case with Amazon's original Echo, but even as Alexa continues to do all of the hard...
Abstract: With its shorter profile, upgraded style, lower price and still all of the features and fun of Amazon's digital assistant Alexa, the new Amazon Echo looks the part of a can't-miss smart speaker.Like the original Amazon Echo before it, the Amazon Echo 2017...
Abstract: It's important to know what the temperatures outside are going to be like before you walk out that door. That's why when we tested home weather stations in the Good Housekeeping Institute Media and Tech Lab, we looked at everything from the accuracy of r...
Abstract: Since you just got paid, being Friday and all, it's time to spend all that cash before Sunday ever arrives like the wild, edge-living child you are. And your best value is on certified refurbished Amazon Echo units that are just $79.99 at the moment. That...
