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Amazon Echo (shortened and referred to as Echo) is a smart speaker developed by Amazon.com. The device consists of a 9.25 inch (23.5 cm) tall cylinder speaker with a seven-piece microphone array. The device connects to the voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant service Alexa, which responds to the name "Alexa". This "wake word" can be changed by the user to "Amazon", "Echo" or "Computer". The device is capable of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing weather, traffic and other real time information. It can also control several smart devices using itself as a home automation hub. As of July 2017, the Echo maintained an 83% score on GearCaliber, a review aggregator. The Echo Dot maintained a 93% score.
Amazon had been developing Echo inside its Lab126 offices in Silicon Valley and Cambridge, Massachusetts since at least 2010 in confirmed reports. The device was part of Amazon’s first attempts to expand its device portfolio beyond the Kindle e-reader. The Echo was prominently featured in Amazon's first-ever Super Bowl ad in 2016.
Echo was initially limited to Amazon Prime members or by invitation, but became widely available in the United States on June 23, 2015. Press speculated that it would make its Canadian debut in mid-to-late 2016, after Amazon posted job listings for developers for Alexa and co-hosted a hackathon in Toronto. The Echo became available in the United Kingdom on 28 September 2016. Additionally, the Alexa voice service is available to be added to other devices and other companies' devices and services are encouraged to connect to it.

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  1. chaz

    ECHO Dot 5Gen

    Hi I have recently bought the Lateist verison of Echo dot ( 5gen) I allready own a early model of this but this one they say sound better in the reviews. My Question is as I have the earlier one, when I replace it with 5 gen do I have to have to start all over again setting it up?
  2. vegetaleb

    Echo Dot or entry level soundbar?

    Hello I have the S95C 65'' which has already very good built-in speakers (for a TV) and was thinking of adding an Alexa Echo Dot to continue using Govee routines linked to my TV (installed the Govee T2) , from what I understood, Samsung will stop Google Home compatibility with their Smarthing...
  3. S

    Amazon echo dot/Spotify question

    Picked one of these up the other day (whilst they had £20 off) and so far so good. Question though, is there a way to have a different Spotify account linked to the echo vs the account that is on my phone? If my wife is upstairs listening to music on Spotify on the Echo then if I open the...
  4. iwearahalo

    Using an echo dot as a bluetooth adapter?

    Hi There, I've just acquired an old sound system and confess I haven't a clue to what I'm doing so before attempting to set up I'd like to! I have bought a vsx pioneer 329 receiver and want to connect that to some form of blutooth receiver, I have a few old (I hope I haven't thrown them out!)...
  5. CraziFuzzy

    Vizio P514A-H6 w/Alexa Bluetooth

    Has anyone had any success getting an echo dot to connect to Vizio's "AutoVA" feature via Bluetooth? I have no problem pairing it up, and can play media from the echo dot and it comes out of the soundbar - which is great, but the manual states it should be muting non VA media when Alexa needs...
  6. W

    Amazon Musie to Chromecast or Echo Dot Quality?

    If I'm using a tablet / phone and want to cast Amazon Music to either a Chromecast Audio or an Alexa Dot / Input (both plugged in via analogue) does anyone know which should be better quality? I'm guessing if you cast to Chromecast from a tablet / phone, the quality may depend on the device...
  7. parmageddon

    LG CX 77 & Alexa Echo Dot Support

    Hello, Purchased an CX77 over the holidays, it's a fantastic tv. Though I do appear to be having some odd issues with the echo dot device I use to control most tech in my home. I appear to have synced the TV and the Echo dot via the LG ThinQ app and alexa mobile app correspondingly...
  8. Silva Lining

    Using Harmony Remote or Echo dot to turn on amp? - Alexa with wifi plug?

    I have a musical fidelity m3i integrated into my HT setup... I want to control the amp and tv on an off at the same time with a remote and i'm considering getting a harmony elite remote or just using an echo dot with the amp on a wifi plug.... Can anyone give me any pointers / useful info about...
  9. johnhy

    Question Echo dot as alarm radio 5 live

    Apologies if this isn't the right forum. We got new echo dot to use in bedroom as a radio alarm. Radio 5 live doesnt seem to be on tune in anymore so cant work out how to set it to.come on as an alarm. If we ask it to play it there's no problem just when alarm any idea?
  10. gfplux

    Echo dot with clock. To use as a radio alarm

    We have a clock radio that is +25 years old and presently works perfectly as it wakes us up every day with a French radio station tuned in on long wave. It shuts off after one hour and is a perfect fit for us as we sleep in a very dark bedroom (shutters) and the red LED of the time is not too...
  11. Eric

    Bargain Expired Amazon Alexa Echo & Dot

    Could not see this posted anywhere. So here it is. Very.co.uk Echo Dot £24.99 All-new Echo Dot (3rd Gen) with Alexa Also there was the Echo second edition for £59.99. Echo 2nd Generation Voice Assistant Luckily I get a discount at very and paid £19.99 for the dot and about £45 for the...
  12. Grangey.

    Bargain Expired Echo & Echo Dot Black Friday 2018 prices (peek)

    Just posted in the direct relevant form, but since there may be people not in that section who'd be interested in this thought you'd like to know:
  13. A

    Best wireless speaker for echo dot.

    Hi guys, I have just found a new wireless speaker for my Amazon echo dot which I have been trying to find for a while. It's called VAUX cordless speaker and it fab so I thought I would share this video with you if your looking for the same. Thanks folks Alan :)
  14. R

    Simple amp setup for outdoor speakers with Echo Dot

    I won a pair of Bose 251 outdoor speakers and I'm looking to hang them on an eve of my roof above my patio. I am going to experiment with driving them with an Echo Dot. The Echo uses a 3.5MM output cable to hook up to external speakers. What would be an adequate amp to drive the pair of...
  15. pixel8

    Question Echo Dot and PC simultaneously through speakers?

    Hi all. Questions in the title - Is it possible and without volume loss? I have searched the net etc and found various very technical methods including wiring through pc cabling but nothing basic. I have managed to splice a mini jack/rca cable with another and have a normal volume echo dot and...
  16. M

    Question Echo dot and iPhone

    I am trying to use Alexa via the amazon app, but when I press the microphone button there is no blue line across the bottom of my phone to indicate Alexa is active. It’s connected via Bluetooth etc I searched for answer but can’t see anything.
  17. almightygoodgod

    Question Echo dot. Music through external speaker, voice through internal.

    Hello all. I'm picking up an echo dot and a harmony hub at the weekend. I was hoping to connect my dot to my amp for spotify playback but have been led to believe this means the amp has to be on and on the right output in order to interact with the dot. If this is true it is less than ideal...
  18. R

    Static IP for Amazon Echo Dot

    I am having trouble with my echo dot dropping connection and I was wondering if I gave it a fixed IP would that help? If so how do you create a static IP on a echo DOT
  19. aVdub

    Bargain Expired Echo Dot 3 - 4 - 2 price

    Just enter "DOT3PACK" on promotion code, for example @ Amazon. Tested and works.
  20. I

    Echo dot and bose sounddock

    I was just wondering if anyone had been able to connect an echo dot to a bose sound dock? I have an old series 1 which has an bluetooth adapter in it and i can connect to my iPhone or iPad to it, but can you connect an echo dot to any device that has bluetooth?
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