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
For most people, AI interactions represent a tectonic shift in how we understand and use technology, and the Echo accomplishes this surprisingly well on many fronts. Amazon's Echo device has done a lot to close the gap between natural human interaction an...
Easy to set up and learn how to interact with, Activated hands-free amidst noise and impressive distances, Pretty fast to respond, Practical and accessible, Keeps getting smarter with added capabilities, Crisp voice playback
Skills (a.k.a. apps) need better organization, Speaker quality okay, not sensational
Abstract: Ask Amazon's Echo smart speaker “How much does the Earth weigh?” and she'll rattle off the answer in pounds. It takes about a full minute and is genuinely amusing. It's just one of many surprises up Echo's sleeve (see this crazy list of Echo Easter Eggs o...
Abstract: Alexa is just yanking your chain. She will never go out with you. In fact she won't have anything to do with you at all if she is outside of your wifi range. Feed me Seymour!...
The Amazon Echo experience gets better the more you use it. Setup was a breeze – easier than advertised in my opinion and I have been really impressed with the Echo's ability to understand verbal commands from a large variety of people, with very few err...
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Published: 2015-11-13, Author: Michael , review by: hardwaregeeks.com
I love Alexa, also known as the Amazon Echo. She gives me all the information I need, helps me with my schedule and when I am starving and I don't know what to eat she helps me find various nearby restaurants that I can choose from. Alexa is not the futur...
Elegant, minimalistic design, Fast & accurate performance, 360degree speaker emits sound evenly, Updated often with new features and capabilities, Integrates with popular services and "smart home" products
No remote included at base price ($30 extra), Requires constant power (no internal battery), Some features require active Prime subscription, Pricey
Amazon's Echo is an innovative product that is unique enough to have no tangible competition in the marketplace. The device is well built, looks great and performs incredibly well in both accuracy and speed. However, like many first iterations, the Echo s...
Abstract: Hear ye! Hear ye! Come one come all to witness the birth of the personal robot assistant era in bluetooth speaker form with the introduction of Amazon's Echo bluetooth speaker who is activated by saying her pleasantly sounding name Alexa. No worries if th...
Abstract: Home automation, the Internet of Things (IoT), voice recognition, and personal assistants are all hot topics in technology today. The Amazon Echo, a small $179 gadget, incorporates all these trends. Alexa is the voice of this new device. Like Apple's Siri...
