Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen with Alexa

Amazon Echo Dot 5 review

Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) review: still small, now mightier than ever

Amazon Echo Dot with Clock (5th gen) review

The Amazon Echo Dot was already the best compact smart speaker around and this iterative 2022 update maintains that

Amazon Echo Dot (5th gen) review: Small speaker, big sound

Convenient

I have it in my bathroom to listen to while showering. Great to not have to get out to turn it up/down or off.

Amazon Echo Dot with Clock (5th generation) Review

Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen, 2022 Release) Review

The fifth-generation Amazon Echo Dot adds tap gestures and mesh networking, but is otherwise nearly identical to the previous version. Amazon tends to push its Echo smart speakers forward with small steps, not big ones, but sometimes small steps are just enough. The fifth-generation Echo Dot ($49.99) doesn’t sound much different from the previous version, but new motion sensors now let you interact with the speaker with a tap. It's a capable smart speaker, but for $10 more the Echo Dot With Clock features an LED display that can show useful information, while offering all of the same features as the standard Echo Dot. Because of this, the Echo Dot With Clock stands as our Editors' Choice for small smart speakers. Much the Same Sphere The fifth-generation Echo Dot looks almost physically identical to the fourth-generation model. It’s a slightly squat 3.9-by-3.5-inch sphere (HD) available in light blue or white. The sphere is split diagonally, with the top and forward half covered in grille fabric and the bottom and back half bound in matte plastic. Four rubber buttons (action, mic mute, and volume up and down) pr...

Amazon Echo Dot (5th generation) Review

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