Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation) Review

The second-gen mini-sized amazon echo dot smart speaker is terrific, and well worth the $50 that amazon has asked me to spend on it. it's an easy recommendation because it's functionally the same product as the first gen Amazon echo dot, which one editor's choice from us back in March.

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The dots available in white now which I think looks pretty good, and you'll also use these two buttons up on top to change the volume as opposed to turning a ring like you will in the first gen dot, but aside from that nothing major has changed, and for the most part that's a great thing.

Alexa can still stream music play podcast, answer your questions, set kitchen timers, control your smart home gadgets, tell bad jokes and read the headlines. even I might add the headlines from this blog. the sound quality in the new model is about the same as the old one too, perhaps a bit fuller and a little bit less trouble.

you can also connect the echo dot with an external speaker like this one using Bluetooth or a line in cable, now one minor quibble amazon didn't include a line in cable with the echo dot. they only cost a couple of dollars typically and you might even have one lying around at a junk drawer but still would have been nice if Amazon had included them.

I also wanted a second gen Amazon echo dot to be a better listener than generation one. that was a fantastic result even with a speaker blaring music right behind it the second gen echo dot heard me almost every time. first gen echo dot almost never heard me.

So yes the second gen Amazon echo dot is a terrific product and a steal at it's $50.00 asking price. Amazon echo dot might be too tempting to pass up.