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Echo Dot would make the perfect holiday gift this season for almost any adult. This cool little gadget is a hands-free, voice controlled device that uses the same voice recognition as the Echo. You can directly connect Echo Dot to speakers with an audio cable or via Bluetooth, and add voice-control to your home stereo system. Plus, it has a small built-in speaker, you can place Echo Dot anywhere in the home. It’s especially nice in the bedroom to use as a smart alarm clock, or in any room as a voice assistant to control smart home devices and more.
Echo Dot can also connect to your speakers or headphones that you already have over Bluetooth or through a 3.5 mm audio cable that will allow you to have stereo sound to the speakers you choose. The Dot will then connect to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more.
No worries about Echo Dot not hearing you, because it can hear from all the way across the room, even if you have music playing. Whenever you want to use Echo Dot, you just say it’s wake word “Alexa” and Dot responds instantly. If you have more than one Echo or Echo Dot, Alexa responds intelligently from the Echo you’re closest to with ESP (Echo Spatial Perception).
I love the small sleek and compact design that makes my Echo Dot a nice addition to any of the rooms in my house. With its built-in speaker, you can place Dot in the bedroom and use it as a smart alarm clock that can also turn off your lights, open the shades and more. Basically use it with the smart items already in your home. Or use Dot in the kitchen to easily set timers or shop -by just asking Alexa and using only your voice.
Since Echo Dot gives you hands-free voice control you can listen to your Music easily by asking for your favorite artist or song, or request a specific genre or mood. You can also search for music by lyrics, when a song or album was released, or simply let Alexa pick the music for you. Listen to any song with Amazon Music Unlimited. But you can also listen to Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn, all hands free with your voice.
There are so many things you can do with the Echo Dot if you already have a smart home such as: turn a lamp off or on, change the thermostat, or dim the lights all without lifting a finger. Echo Dot works with smart home devices such as lights, switches, fans, thermostats, and more from Philips Hue, TP-Link, ecobee, WeMo, SmartThings, Insteon, Lutron, Nest, Wink, Honeywell, and more.
Let’s not forget Alexa has skills, add even more capabilities like ordering a pizza, requesting an Uber, tracking Fitbit, ordering flowers and more. All you have to do is make sure to enabling skills, and you Echo Dot can do even more. You can do this easily by discovering skills you want to use in the Alexa App. Then enable the new skill, by asking Alexa.
You can download the free Alexa App on Fire OS, Android, iOS, and desktop browsers, to easily setup and use your Echo Dot. You then not only use Alexa to connect services you already use like Spotify, Pandora, and Google Calendar. Setup your smart home devices from Philips Hue, TP-Link, ecobee, WeMo, SmartThings, Insteon, Nest, Lutron, and more. But you can even see which books are available to read from your Kindle and Audible libraries. View shopping and to-do lists while on the go. Control your timers and set custom tones for your alarms, and much more. The Alexa App is also where you discover third-party skills.
Echo Dot is available for $89.99 exclusively for Prime members through Alexa Voice Shopping. To order an Echo Dot, existing Echo and Fire TV customers can just say “Alexa, order an Echo Dot.
We do not have a dot or an alexa. I think that my kids might make me crazy if I buy one. Asking it to play loud music, or ordering things I do not want from Amazon. I will have to buy one and hide it for myself!
Wow this is brilliant. I’m actually going to google it now to see if it is available in my country yet! My husband will have so much of fun with it.
This would be such a neat little gadget to have. I love the size of it, I live in a small apartment so everything needs to be on a small scale that I purchase.
I would have SOOOO much fun with this!!!! Plus I always get my phone so dirty, googling in the middle of cleaning, painting, gardening, ect! Would be nice to just ask aloud!
I actually have this on my list for my boyfriend since this is his type of thing! Your post pretty much confirmed I need it
This sounds like such a great holiday gift for tech lovers. My hubby loves his bluetooth system but I bet he would love the Echo Dot even more. Can’t wait to check it out.
The Echo Dot seems so neat! I love the idea of having a smart home that is so connected!
Omg how awesome is this?!?! This is something hubby would love for his man cave!!!! I will have to show him!
I need this for my house. I love the size of it. I can out it anywhere. It is a great gift idea.
I’ve seen this at a friends house and I really liked it! I am really thinking of purchasing one soon!
This sounds like a cool device. I might have to get one in the future. I think it would be handy for taking notes.
This product sounds great. This is something both my husband and I would love to have. I may have to check more in to it and see.
wow, that’s really neat! I want one for Christmas. Thanks for sharing!
Wow, I have never heard of this before. I will have to pick one up!
Echo Dot sounds so cool and high tech. My kids use voice recognition apps on their phones and I know they would love to have something like this for when they listen to music. Heck, even I want one! 🙂
This Echo Dot is indeed an awesome device and it would make a perfect gift idea for anyone. I would love to have this device that is is a hands-free and voice controlled. It is awesome it can even be an alarm clock and can even turn the lights out in the bedroom Thanks for sharing this awesome device.
No problem. Thank you
What an amazing little gadget. I love that you can use it for so many things. I will check this out.
I love the Echo commercials, they’ve really piqued my interest. So cool that it has so many functions.
Wow, very cool little gadget. I kept hearing about the Echo Dot, but I didn’t know what it did!
It has so many great features to offer and at such a great price too.
This is really cool and I like how simple it looks. There is no bulk or large speaker to try and hide. This is on my Christmas list.
I keep hearing great things about the Echo!!! Sounds like a great way to listen to music throughout the whole house!
This is something my husband would absolutely love! I think I now know what to get him for Christmas! Thank you so much for sharing this.
How cool! I love the idea of being able to control all my home audio with just my voice. The future is now!
That looks like a cool little gadget. I’ll have to look into this. It seems perfect for one of my techie friends.
love this little gadget, how nice would it be to have this in a home and get the things you need all by asking for it?! Now if we can only get this to work with our spouses and kids, you know program them to play our favorite songs, give us the weather forecast, etc… just kidding! ha!
This seems to be neat – looks good and high class too. I like how you can use it for a lot of things too. So easy and convenient!
I agree. It’s a great little device.