Echo Dot (3rd Gen) – Smart speaker with Alexa – Charcoal Fabric
£14.99
Description
- Our most popular smart speaker: now with a fabric design and improved speaker for richer and louder sound.
- Designed to protect your privacy: built with multiple layers of privacy protection and controls. You can view and delete your voice history in the Alexa app at any time, or choose not have your voice recordings saved.
- Voice control your music: stream songs from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, TuneIn and others. You can also listen to audiobooks from Audible.
- Bigger, better sound: pair with a second Echo Dot for rich, stereo sound. Fill your home with music with compatible Echo devices in different rooms.
- Ready to help: ask Alexa to play music, answer questions, read the news, check the weather, set alarms, control compatible smart home devices and more.
- Connect with others: call almost anyone hands free including UK mobile and residential numbers (from UK only), other Echo devices, Alexa app and Skype. Link your Vodafone account to make and receive mobile calls. Instantly drop in on other rooms in your home or make an announcement to every room with a compatible Echo device.
- Alexa has skills: with tens of thousands of skills, Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new skills like tracking fitness, playing games and more.
- Voice control your smart home: turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors and more, with compatible connected devices.
Additional information
Specification: Echo Dot (3rd Gen) – Smart speaker with Alexa – Charcoal Fabric
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All things tech –
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So being the owner of the first and second generation Echo Dot I was nervous to purchase this item as I thought that I should go for the larger Echo plus. I needn’t of worried, the sound improvement between this and the older models is massive. A real hearty base and more fuller sound.
I even ended up buying a second one for upstairs and love the ability to use in stereo mode and the intercom feature is a great way of talking to people in the house without shouting. If room filling audio for parties etc is what you want then go for the Echo Plus, however if its background music with some base then the Dot will be absolutely fine. Check out my video review.
Alex –
If you intend buying an Alexa device to play music through you need to be aware that Amazon only permits you to use your £3.99 monthly subscription for ONE device. If you add another Alexa device you will not be able to play your Amazon Music with it unless you upgrade your monthly subscription to £9.99 or £15.99 if you would like your music played simoustainaly through two or more devices. Amazon doesn’t tell you this when you purchase Alexa devices, so be warned.
Yes, we were caught out by this. We now have four Google devices (which are much netter quality and cheaper than Amazon products) and can play/stream music (Spotify) thought as many Google devices as we choose, singularity or combined. The software is much better than Amazon’s and can be accessed and used from any enabled device, including a PC or Mac computer. Spotify is just £0.99 for the first three months, and then £9.99 per month. At the time of writing Google devices are practically half price.
Miles –
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I’ve been picking up Echo Dots when they’ve been on offer over the Summer. They’re good speakers, but what makes them are the accessories you can get to go with them. I have a holder that hides away all the wiring and acts as an amplifier, improving the sound (Proud Bird Wall Mount Stands) as well as a battery base – the GGMM D3 – which makes it truly portable and is great for the summer or when you want to move around the house and take the Echo Dot with you. You can see them both in my video.
MD –
People have such high expectations these days. I bought the echo dot (never having had one over privacy issues) and I am chuffed to bits. It’s so much more than Siri, my last flirtation with voice AI. I bought it to listen to a bit of music, to ask about news and weather and for it to read my kindle (not audible.com) books. For this the speaker is great. How anyone can expect it to compete with a home sound system for its size and price is anyone’s guess. But I can move it around from kitchen to bedroom and it’s a fun little companion when I’m washing up. I used to use my smart phone connected to a Bluetooth speaker and this is way more convenient. Spotify is great and the voice recognition is superb. Took no time to set up and I like the fact it is powered by a proper plug because I am likely to leave it on a lot. I bought it also to help me sleep, I like the fact that I can listen to ambient sounds such as rainfall and have it switch itself off after a period of time. I could got…