Echo Dot 2nd Generation / Review

The Echo can control your home’s lighting, play music, estimate your commute time, operate a timer, answer trivia questions, read books and news bulletins to you, tell you which movies are at your local theater, and so much more. You can order a pizza from Dominoes, a ride from Uber, or virtually anything from Amazon. You’d want one in every room so you didn’t need to walk to the room it was in to use it, or yell “Alexa!” from across the house to get its attention.

The Echo Dot is a great-looking little product. It’s around the same circumference as the full-size Echo, but this new Dot lacks a volume ring, meaning it has an additional two buttons on its top to control volume directly, in addition to the mute and listen buttons.

The Dot also has the same light ring found on the Echo, which indicates when Alexa is listening to you through its seven-microphone array or whether the speaker is muted (useful if you’re watching a movie and don’t want to be interrupted when Alexa thinks she’s heard her name). 

The light surrounds two rows of perforated dots that indicate the speaker. An Action button, volume controls, and a button to enable and disable the microphone sit on top. The bottom is coated to feel a bit tacky, which should keep the Dot from slipping off your counter. You can get the Dot in black or white, though Amazon—as well as a number of other companies—make cases in different colors and materials, should you want to add a bit more personality.

Audio Quality :-

The Echo Dot was designed with home stereo systems in mind, so audio playback is its most important feature. Thanks to integration with Amazon Prime Music, Spotify Premium, Pandora, TuneIn, iHeartRadio and Audible, you can stream music through your home's speakers. By plugging this little device in, you can instantly modernize your setup.

Should I buy the Amazon Echo Dot?

The Amazon Echo Echo Dot is simply a better device than the standard Amazon Echo. It does everything its big brother does, but offers greater versatility and it costs half of the price. If you’re after a voice assistant to take control of your home, or even if you’re just curious to take a peek at the future of home automation, this is a no-brainer.

That lower price also means you might consider buying several Echo Dots and, um, dot them around your home. Having Alexa in every room dramatically increases her usefulness, which just isn’t possible with only a single, more expensive unit in one room.

It’s always listening, unless you press the mute button. Utter your chosen prompt word (“Amazon”, “Echo” or “Alexa”) to kick the device into action and get Alexa to do your bidding.

You can ask Alexa any number of basic questions, and most of the time she’ll be able to find the right answer on Bing

PROS :-

• Access to thousands of Alexa "skills"
• Audio out port and Bluetooth speaker support.
• Easy to set it up.
• Smart and helpful.
• At $50, it's $150 cheaper than the full size echo.

CONS :-

• Alexa app can be buggy.
• Speaker quality is not to great for music.

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