See how to play Spotify on Alexa and how to Use Multi-Room Music with the Echo Dot for making the most of the speaker. If you know how to use Alexa, you’ll be able to stream all kinds of audio using your speaker, from music and meditations to podcasts and audiobooks. However, neither can hold a candle to larger smart speakers like the Sonos One, HomePod Mini, Google Nest Audio, or even the full-size Amazon Echo. Both are best when you want a little background music, or to listen to news or podcasts. In our tests, we really didn’t hear much of a difference between the two the 5th-gen model had a bit more bass, owing to the larger size of the device. 5: Audio qualityīoth versions of the Echo Dot have a single 1.6-inch speaker. Amazon once made an Echo Dot with Clock shaped like the 3rd-gen model, but now the spherical version is the only “with Clock” Echo speaker available. The Echo Dot with Clock, as you might imagine, looks the same as the 5th-gen Echo Dot, but in the middle of the face is a small LCD display that shines through the fabric, showing the time. Check out our guide to decoding Alexa’s flashing lights if you’ve ever unsure what the current LED color means. It’s not as elegant as the Apple HomePod Mini, but it’s a nice look.įour buttons on the top let you control the Echo Dot, but in this model, the LED status ring has been moved to the bottom. The majority of the Echo Dot is wrapped in the same fabric as the 3rd-generation Echo Dot, but the rear of the device, where you plug in the power, is hard plastic. The 5th-generation Echo Dot has a completely different shape like the larger Amazon Echo (4th Gen), the newest Echo Dot is spherical, and looks like a Magic 8-Ball that’s sitting on its flat side.
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