The Best Amazon Echo & Alexa Devices under $70
Amazon Echo Dot
★ Top Choice
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From $29.99
Features
- Voice control your music - Stream songs from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Sirius XM, and others.
- 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.
- Improved speaker quality - Better speaker quality than Echo Dot Gen 2 for richer and louder sound. Pair with a second Echo Dot for stereo sound.
- Alexa has skills - With tens of thousands of skills and counting, Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new skills like tracking fitness, playing games, and more.
- Connect with others - Call almost anyone hands-free. Instantly drop in on other rooms in your home or make an announcement to every room with a compatible Echo device.
- Meet Echo Dot - Our most popular smart speaker with a fabric design. It is our most compact smart speaker that fits perfectly into small spaces.
- Voice control your smart home - Turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors, and more with compatible connected devices.
- Designed to protect your privacy - Built with multiple layers of privacy protections and controls, including a microphone off button that electronically disconnects the microphones.
Specs
- Portable: no.
- Bluetooth: yes.
- Channels: Mono.
- Physical Connections: 3.5mm.
- Voice Assistant: Amazon Alexa.
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Amazon Echo Dot
♥ Runner Up
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From $39.99
Features
- 50,000+ skills, including Jeopardy!, Lyft, Audible, and Domino's. Always getting smarter and adding new features.
- Echo Dot is a voice-controlled speaker that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home devices, make calls, answer questions, set timers and alarms, and more.
- Call or message family and friends hands-free, or drop in from the Alexa App to your Echo device.
- Use the built-in speaker, or for bigger sound, connect to speakers through Bluetooth or audio cable.
- Play music from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, SiriusXM, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio.
- Controls lights, locks, thermostats, and more with compatible connected devices.
- Hears you from across the room with 7 far-field microphones for hands-free control, even in noisy environments or while playing music.
Cons
- ⊖ Tinny sound quality.
Amazon Echo
Best of the Best
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From $59.99
Features
- Alexa has skills - With tens of thousands of skills and counting, Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new skills like tracking fitness, playing games, and more.
- Meet Echo - Echo (3rd Gen) has new premium speakers powered by Dolby to play 360° audio with crisp vocals and dynamic bass response.
- Voice control your music - Ask Alexa for a song, artist, or genre from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, SiriusXM, and more. With multi-room music, play music on compatible Echo devices in different rooms.
- Keep your family in sync - Use your Alexa devices like an intercom and talk to any room in the house with Drop In and Announcements.
- Enjoy premium sound - Personalize your listening experience by adjusting the equalizer settings. Pair with a second Echo (3rd Gen) or Echo Plus (2nd Gen) for stereo sound and add more base with an Echo Sub.
- Voice control your smart home - Turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors, and more with compatible connected devices.
- Designed to protect your privacy - Built with multiple layers of privacy controls, including a microphone off button that electronically disconnects the mics.
Pros
- ⊕ Bigger sound.
- ⊕ New Alexa features.
Cons
- ⊖ No Zigbee.
- ⊖ Expensive.
- ⊖ Doesn't work on batteries.
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Runner-Up, Best for Music
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Amazon Echo Show 5
Best for Nightstands
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From $69.99
Features
- Personalize by choosing a favorite clock face or album from Amazon Photos. Create routines and alarms to start and end your day.
- Compact 5.5" smart display with Alexa ready to help.
- Watch movies, TV shows, and your daily flash briefing. Listen to songs, radio stations, guided meditations, and audiobooks.
- Voice or video call friends and family with compatible Echo devices, Alexa app, or Skype.
- Manage calendar, make to-do lists, get weather and traffic updates, cook along with recipes.
- Voice control compatible devices or manage them using the display.
- Control your privacy with the mic/camera off button or the built-in camera shutter.
Pros
- ⊕ Affordable.
- ⊕ Good sound quality.
- ⊕ WikiHow integration.
- ⊕ Good microphone pickup.
- ⊕ Physical camera shutter.
Cons
- ⊖ No YouTube app.
- ⊖ Frustrating UI.
- ⊖ Easily collects dust.
- ⊖ Mediocre sound quality.
- ⊖ Fabric is difficult to clean.
Specs
- Microphones: 2.
- Voice Assistants Supported: Alexa.
- Weight: 14.5 oz.
- Speaker: 1 x 4W speaker.
- Product Dimensions: 3.4 x 5.8 x 2.9 in.
- Color: Charcoal, Sandstone.
- Ports: Stereo 3.5 mm audio out.
- Connectivity: Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac.
- Screen: 5.5” screen with 960 x 480 resolution.
- Internet Streaming Service: Amazon Music Unlimited, Pandora, Spotify.
- Camera: 1MP, Built-in camera shutter and microphone/camera off button.
- Compatibility: Fire OS 5.3.3 or higher, Android 5.1 or higher, iOS 11.0 or higher, Desktop Browsers by going to: https://alexa.amazon.com.
Best for Nightstands
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Reviewed
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