What is not to like? I love my original Alexa so much when this came out had to get one for my office and another one for my bedroom. Had NO idea it would have the quality sound it does. I got my 93 year old Dad one for Christmas and he is over the moon with it. He sits and listens to all his old favorite music for hours. I also purchased 2 more for Christmas gifts as well. I wish now I had purchased several more at the Black Friday price for birthday gifts. I'm 73 and if I can hook this up with my phone anyone can. I did have some problems at my Dad's house (I set it up with my iphone) but called the number they provided, on my app, and talked to someone (obviously in another country and I did have a hard time understanding her) and she helped me until it was signed on. These are just amazing and I highly recommend!!!

I was pleasantly surprised with the sound quality of this device. It's not muffled and the max volume is actually pretty high. I did have a slight problem with the voice recognition. But I'm not 100% sure if it was the device or the alexa software. I would tell it to play a certain radio station and the first few times it worked great but then it began saying "I'm sorry I can't do that right now." However when my daughter would say the same thing it would play the station. The problem was reversed with a game, it wouldn't be able to complete the command when my daughter told it to but it would when I said to do it. We did figure out rewording the request would solve the problem, e.g. instead of "alexa play klove" I would say "alexa turn on klove radio" and it worked. Overall we are very happy with it though.

I had no intention of buying something like this but once I got it I haven't turned back. Voice recognition is really good. At first I mainly used it to play music in my kitchen while cooking but I have purchased smart plugs that work with Alexa and now anything in my house that can be linked is . I can ask Alexa to turn on my robot vacuum cleaner, turn off a lamp, or control my thermostat. The sound quality is very nice and it's small so it doesn't look bad with my décor. It is a little creepy that you can control so many things with Alexa but I will continue to use her and the Echo Dot until the robots take over.

I have a dot in every room and a Ecco in my bedroom! I absolutely love these. It makes me feel like there is someone there with me when I’m alone and I’m pretty sure if anyone breaks in, I can get yo call the police, although I haven’t tried that out yet. And if the government is listening in, well let them. Maybe they can direct some coupons for products I actually use my way, and if someone is planning an attack then I’m happy they would be able to hear that as well if that person has a dot in their home .... and if they want to know who I’ll vote for, they can just call and ask me. My only complaint is this, when I ask her a question, sometimes she answers me in another room. That gets annoying.

Alexa has changed the lives of my family and I for the better. I was a bit skeptical, I have to admit but, Alexa is very good at understanding and following commands. The sound quality is far better than any Bluetooth speakers we have had in the past. My favorite thing Alexa does for me is when I dismiss my alarm in the morning she turns on my bedroom light and tells me the weather for the day. The variety of things Alexa can do is mind boggling! I was worried about her listening to our families conversations but, all of that was put aside when I learned you can tell her not to store audio files and you can listen to everything that she records. I now have 2 dots one in our bedroom and one between the kitchen and living room. We have a 5 bedroom 2 bathroom house so it’s a good sized house and Alexa hears all commands from almost anywhere in the house. All of our lights for the whole house are now controlled with Alexa. I wish we would’ve made Alexa apart of our family a long time ago. She makes everything easier with her routines and shopping list she makes for us along with countless other helpful things she does for us daily. She really is our very own personal assistant. This product is a must have! Great product at a great price!!!

Seems like a good voice assistant, I would say great but a couple times a month it has trouble finding the network even though my router and it are on the same shelf of the entertainment center. Pros: • integrates nicely with ring cameras, Harmony Home Hub & Samsung Smartthings to control most of my smart home devices. • very good voice recognition, way better than anything else I've tried. Maybe it's because I'm a baritone but most voice assistants have a 30-40% error rate for me. Cons: • As mentioned above loses connection with the network periodically even though they are very close [ not that big of a deal just unplug it for a couple seconds then plug it back in.] • doesn't support turning on and off the lights on my ring floodlight cam, even though it's supposed to.

I was sceptical that such a small unit could ever deliver anything but a tinny sound. Was I surprised! It's not super fantastic, but whether music or voice, it sounds great and fills a large room with clear 360 degree sound. I got it solely to listen to my SiriusXM stations. Whether played loud or soft, it is remarkable. The voice recognition is very sensitive. In fact at certain levels, if a commercial is played and mentions "Alexa", the unit prepares itself to listen to commands. Other than that, it's a very recommendable, nice sounding unit; better than my expensive first generation Bose Wave Radio. However, don't feed the interactive A.I. too many successive commands or it will shut down and you will have to reinitialize it by unplugging for a moment. It will, at times, confuse your commands, so speak clearly. The Alexa App is good, you can silently turn on the unit to your desired station, HOWEVER, you have to voice command it to turn off. I don't have any house electronics attached to auto-activate, so cannot comment on it's integration features.

Sometimes I have to call Alexa twice to get her attention. But when I have it she works flawlessly. I also have a second generation. Now, I live in a rest home and I have a room to myself approximately 15 x 12. And having two dots in such a small area could be confusing. It's like sometimes the third generation will wait patiently to see if the second generation will pipe in. Other times the third generation uses Brute Force to over come the older second generation. One thing you instantly notice is that the third generation is about 3 times louder then the second generation with much more Bass. Almost too much. But it is all good! I cannot cook the 3rd generation and 2nd generation together in the stereo configuration. I don't know if it's them are just the neophyte like me trying it. I can't see any reason to buy more of them in the small room and since it's a rest home I'll probably spend the rest of my life here anyway. Just the same it is so cool to have Alexa right there when I need her.

I don’t know why I never bought one before. I have had a Nexia Zwave hub for years. Alexa seamlessly integrated with my hub and discovered all of my devices in seconds. My original setup included a Schlage Zwave touchpad deadbolt, a Trane Zwave thermostat, a Jasco Zwave plug-in lamp dimmer switch, and a Jasco Zwave plug-in switch. In the week following my purchase of the echo dot, I have since purchased a second echo dot for my bedroom, three WiFi ceiling fan/light controls and 6 WiFi light bulbs that use the Smart Life App and integrate with Alexa. I have also purchased two GE Zwave dimmers, and a GE Zwave smart switch. Alexa made me do it. I plan to buy an Echo Speaker for the kitchen; maybe another dot too eventually. I am hooked.

I have 2 Alexa dots, Alexa input, 3 firesticks, 5 smart plugs and 2 smart bulbs. All these devices operate smoothly together. The dots are easily understandable, easy to use and easy to give commands. I can control my entire home simply by asking for what I need. "Turn on bedroom light" "turn off the heater" not to mention best of all I can turn off the lights and tv, heater anything from another room...or even another city using my phone via the Alexa app. I can make an announcement to everybody such as "time for bed kids!" Then proceed to dim my smart lights in to night lights. Using the Alexa app I can turn things off and on without voice also. I'm not done buying them yet. My next mission; the bathroom. I'm in love! Highly recommended. If your trying to decide why you should buy one...just trust me...buy it! It's worth every cent.