Testseek.co.uk have collected 94 expert reviews of the Amazon Echo Plus bluetooth portable speaker and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Amazon Echo Plus bluetooth portable speaker.
June 2019
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The editors liked
Zigbee support build in
Design remains unchanged
Alexa smarts
New speakers
Offline smart home control coming
The Echo Plus keeps the original Echo's design (and its beloved volume ring) while adding in an aux-out jack
A Zigbee radio to control smart home devices
And an incremental boost in sound quality. It costs $30 less than the original Echo
Smart home hub integration
Powerful sound
Easy to set up
Routines and in-app smart device control
Expanding range of Skills
Clean audio and simple voice control
Improved sound over other Echo devices
Still the king of smart home skills
Alexa is increasingly capable
Alexa is a leading light in smart devices
Perfectly acceptable sound quality for daily listening
Constantly expanding connections and functions
Lower pricing is more attractive
Better audio drivers
Attractive fabric design
Temperature sensor added
Slightly better sound than the Echo
Zigbee compliant
Volume wheel
Good sound for the price
Stylish
Compact new look
Somehow cheaper than the 2014 Echo (!)
Alexa functionality works well
Affordable price tag
Good audio quality
Fine balance
Detail and timing
Pairs with other Amazon products
Lots of smart features
Built-in smart home hub eliminates the need for a bridge between Alexa and your smart home devices
Seamless pairing with Zigbee compatible smart lights
Switches
And plugs
Three color choices (black
White
And silver) available
Multi-room audio featu
Alexa is super easy to use
Ever growing number of skills
Smart Home integration shows real promise
Noise cancelling much improved so mic more receptive
Easy to pair with Bluetooth speakers
Well priced
The editors didn't like
Same design as the original Echo
Looks like the standard Echo
The Plus also costs $50 more than the new Echo
Which has everything the Plus has except for Zigbee. The Alexa app isn't the fully capable smart home control center that the Echo Plus needs it to be
At least not yet
Old Amazon Echo look
Poor sound compared to similarly-priced competition
Can't use Zigbee switches and sensors
Sonos One sounds better
Design looks dated next to 2nd-gen Echo
High price compared to other Echos
Some software annoyances
App needs some work
Sound quality drops at higher volumes
Struggles with Fire TV commands
Still won't catch the ear of audiophiles
Need to ensure Zigbee compatibility
If sound is important
Pay more
Alexa is still some way behind Google Assistant
Bass quality could be better
Nothing at this price
Sound quality of speaker isn't as rich as we'd hoped it would be
Doesn't allow you to connect to other Amazon devices linked to different household accounts
No Z-Wave built-in
Audio quality still not as good as some other speakers in the price range
At its asking price of Rs 10,499, the Echo Plus is a pricey proposition, especially given that Alexa is still a work in progress in India. While Alexa works well for basic questions and playing music, there are several instances where you'll be met with a...
Published: 2017-11-20, Author: Mike , review by: tomsguide.com
Connects to lots of smart bulbs, Good sound quality, Easy setup
Very basic smart-home automation, Same design as original Echo
Adding a smart-home hub into a device that's already sitting in the middle of your house was a logical move for Amazon. It gets rid of the extra step of a consumer having to set up a second gadget just so they can control a third. Not only is this a time-...
Published: 2017-11-10, Author: Dan , review by: theverge.com
Does all of the things the first Echo did for $30 less, Can directly control smart home gadgets without a hub, Makes it very easy to set up new smart home gadgets
Smart home support is still very limited, Amazon's other new Echo is even cheaper still, Routines do not integrate other Amazon products well
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...
Sounds better than the first Echo, Has access to thousands of Alexa skills, Slightly cheaper than before
Smart hub feature is pretty basic, $100 Echo is a better deal, Not a huge upgrade for first-gen Echo owners
In many ways, the Echo Plus feels like the true successor to the device that kicked off the whole smart speaker trend. But aside from a slight bump in sound quality and semi-useful smart hub integration, there's not much separating the two. It's pretty cl...
Published: 2017-10-30, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Alexa is as capable as ever, Audio quality a little better than standard Echo (2017), Zigbee hub gives a taste of the smart home
Audio still isn't as good as we hoped for, Zigbee-only hub has limited device support, Alexa app is limited in granular controls
Amazon's argument for the Echo Plus is that setting up the smart home can be time-consuming and needlessly complex, a tangle of hubs and interfaces just to get each thing talking to the other. That's not untrue, though there remain benefits from doing it...
Integrated Zigbee automation hub, Audio has slightly more bass response than the standard Echo, Strong Wi-Fi reception
Alexa app can't control smart home devices with as much granularity as dedicated apps
The $150 Amazon Echo Plus is a very capable voice-assisted speaker that can't quite replace a dedicated hub if you're serious about smart home automation. That will likely change, but right now, for most people, the $100 Echo is a better bet...
Published: 2017-10-25, Author: Brian , review by: techcrunch.com
Abstract: The new Echo is a no-brainer. It's smaller, sounds and looks better and, most importantly, it's significantly cheaper than its predecessor. It was a long-awaited and much welcomed update to the line. The Echo Plus, on the other hand, is more baffling at f...
Published: 2017-10-25, Author: Ry , review by: cnet.com
The Echo Plus keeps the original Echo's design (and its beloved volume ring) while adding in an aux-out jack, a Zigbee radio to control smart home devices, and an incremental boost in sound quality. It costs $30 less than the original Echo
The Plus also costs $50 more than the new Echo, which has everything the Plus has except for Zigbee. The Alexa app isn't the fully capable smart home control center that the Echo Plus needs it to be, at least not yet
Hold off on the Echo Plus until Amazon improves the Alexa app's smart home controls...
