Electronics

[Sooner]

We have an Echo and use it all the time.  So what exactly does the Dot do?  I can't figure that out!  LOL!!!  HELP?

[Annabellethecat66]

I have two of those DOTs sitting on my counter...HA!  Can't decide who to give them to, so I'm anxious to hear what the replies are. 

Like you, I also own Alexa or whatever the TSV is.  I also gave my daughter the TSV about 1 month ago.  She loves her mine....well, I'll keep it, but it's boring.

[Havarti]

It is exactly the same thing only smaller and less expensive. DOT does exactly the same thing as ECHO, it just has a lower profile and is less expensive.  Otherwise, no difference. 

[Jordan2]

Well I was totally wrong about what the Amazon Dot was. I thought it was like a speaker that you use in conjunction with your Echo. I thought you had to own an Echo for the Amazon Dot to work.

[Ceci]

Bought two Dots for my granddaughters. They are smaller but do exactly the same thing as the bigger Echo. My daughter has the Echo and it is larger and the sound is better.

If you plan to use it primarily for music the Echo is probably better because it has a bigger speaker and better sound quality. Otherwise, the Dot is great. Plays music, talks, plays games, and will turn the lights off and on. But the wall switches are not cheap and they only work things which are plugged into them.

I decided against buying myself a Dot or Echo because I did not like how you have to shout at the device if you are across the room or in a different room.

Spent 2 weeks visiting my daughter and grandchildren and found all the shouting annoying. I could hear the kids yelling, 'Alexa, wake me at 6am.' 'Alexa, turn my light off.'

Their bedrooms are upstairs and you could hear everyone yelling at their devices. Not for me!

[mima]

There is only one HUGE difference between the Dot and Echo. They do the same thing but the Echo has an awesome huge speaker and the dot has a tinny little speaker more like a clock radio.  Yes, the dot is fine for a bedroom. For listening to music the Echo is far superior!

[Nuttmeg]

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@Ceci wrote:

Bought two Dots for my granddaughters. They are smaller but do exactly the same thing as the bigger Echo. My daughter has the Echo and it is larger and the sound is better.

If you plan to use it primarily for music the Echo is probably better because it has a bigger speaker and better sound quality. Otherwise, the Dot is great. Plays music, talks, plays games, and will turn the lights off and on. But the wall switches are not cheap and they only work things which are plugged into them.

I decided against buying myself a Dot or Echo because I did not like how you have to shout at the device if you are across the room or in a different room.

Spent 2 weeks visiting my daughter and grandchildren and found all the shouting annoying. I could hear the kids yelling, 'Alexa, wake me at 6am.' 'Alexa, turn my light off.'

Their bedrooms are upstairs and you could hear everyone yelling at their devices. Not for me!

@Ceci

A very cute Echo story.

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