Echo Dot (5th generation, 2022 release) | Big vibrant sound Wi-Fi and Bluetooth smart speaker with Alexa | Charcoal

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We highly recommend it, although the larger Echos offer better sound quality, if that's what you're looking for. If you’re looking to dip your toes into the smart home market, the Echo Dot is a great place to start. Yes, you can control the smart plug with Alexa, but you won't be able to talk to the plug to use any of Alexa's features or skills. With over 100,000 Alexa skills (and growing), you can personalize your Echo Dot's Alexa to the fullest.

If you’re on the fence about whether an Echo Dot is right for your home, here’s what you need to know. While it can be controlled by voice and the Alexa app, the Dot also has physical power, mute, and volume controls on top.However, Echo Dot is perfect if you’re just looking for a great, simple to use smart speaker for cheap. It’s a bit more civilized than yelling across the house and significantly cheaper than installing an actual intercom system. If you have more than one device in your home, you can also use your Echo Dot as part of an intercom system. Alexa will scrape the web and gather reliable information to answer any questions that you might have. The best part of the Echo Dot is how easily it does menial tasks you’d normally need to pull out your phone for.

It will act as a security device that listens for glass breaking, alarms, and other potentially dangerous sounds. If you own other smart devices that support Alexa, you can set up and control them through your Echo Dot. If your Alexa enabled smart TV is connected to the same network, you can use Alexa as a voice remote. While you’ll use voice commands most of the time with the Echo Dot, we appreciate voice isn’t the only method. Particularly if you already have one or more Alexa-enabled devices in your abode but want to expand.

These devices feature better audio internals, and can thus playback music with higher quality and louder volumes.

However, a device that "Supports Alexa" or "Works with Alexa" won't share the same features and capabilities. If it detects the sound of breaking glass or a fire alarm, your Echo Dot will send you a mobile alert. For recipes, Alexa will verbally list the steps to follow a recipe or ask to send the recipe to your phone---so you can watch or read it there.For starters, to keep it simple, use your Echo Dot as an alarm clock, to play music, to set reminders, and to create to-do lists.